Chicago Police Union President Defends Those Who Stormed The U.S. Capitol

[ForgoTheConsequence]

John Catanzara, elected last May to represent the city’s 12,000 rank-and-file police officers, said he understands the frustration behind the riot, which led to four deaths, injuries to several police officers and damage to the iconic building.


https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-police-union-president-defends-those-who-stormed-us-capitol/6842fa80-3b83-4396-af05-a5f15f4ac740

[AllaN01Bear]

1. then the union should be de certified .

[pat_k]

6. "Reboots" akin to camden

The "defund" slogan utterly failed to capture what is called for.

Police union contracts are the number 1 barrier against change. Disbanding forces and starting from scratch under contracts designed to completely change the face of policing are called for. Not a perfect example, but what they did in Camden demonstrates the necessity of a complete "reboot."

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/06/12/camden-policing-reforms-313750

My favorite part of the article:

The internal metric system for rating an officer’s performance was also overhauled—no longer were officers rewarded for the number of tickets they had written, or how many arrests they had made. Thomson says his highest priority was working to integrate officers into the fabric of the community.

“Every couple of months I get a call from an officer, who just asks me how is everything going in my neighborhood? Do I feel safe? Is there anything I want to tell them? Things are demonstrably different.”
-- Sean Brown

“I don’t want you to write tickets, I don’t want you to lock anybody up. I’m dropping you off on this corner that has crime rates greater than that of Juárez, Mexico, and for the next 12 hours I don’t want you to make an arrest unless it’s for an extremely vile offense,” Thomson recalls telling his officers. “Don’t call us—we’re not coming back to get you until the end of your shift, so if you got to go to the bathroom, you need to make a friend out here. You want to get something to eat? You better find who the good cook is.”

[maxsolomon]

2. Police Union Heads are NOT Police Chiefs.

Police Unions are notorious dens of RW fuckery. You don't get to be the President without being a RW fuck.

[Thekaspervote]

5. He has been denounced b4 by mayor lightfoot. He's a shitty maga mouth piece

[pat_k]

7. Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement

Brennan Center
Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far-Right Militancy in Law Enforcement

SUMMARY: The government’s response to known connections of law enforcement officers to violent racist and militant groups has been strikingly insufficient.

[ForgoTheConsequence]

9. They're elected by the rank and file.

They represent their officers.

[roamer65]

3. Police unions should be banned.

[pat_k]

8. Camden example (above "reboot" post)

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100214846953#post6

[lindysalsagal]

4. Then he cannot be trusted and should be fired.