Walker open to limiting police, fire unions

[hue]

http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/Walker-open-to-limiting-police-fire-unions-217595271.html

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- Gov. Scott Walker says he is open to limiting collective bargaining for police and firefighter unions, just as was done to other public sectors unions two years ago.

Walker's comments made during a speech in Milwaukee on Monday drew swift and negative reactions on Tuesday.

Wisconsin Professional Police Association executive director Jim Palmer says Walker made a "serious misstep" and "disappointing that public safety now appears to be taking a back seat to partisan presidential politics."

Walker is frequently mentioned as a possible Republican candidate for president in 2016.

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Did the police & firefighters believe it would never happen to them???

[villager]

1. Well, perhaps anything that finally turns our militarized police *against* their GOP masters....

...might not be a bad thing, in the long run.

[Scuba]

2. No one could have predicted that.

[customerserviceguy]

3. Divide and conquer

It's been a standard part of the Republicon playbook for at least forty years.

[nebenaube]

4. And they thought they were 'special'...

This is how fascists work.

[brewens]

5. Too bad for some of the cops and firefighters. The ones that supported Walker deserve

every dimes worth of ass f#cking they get. We see it everywhere. As long as they kept their good wages and benefits, it was good that others be cut back. It would keep their taxes lower and they could get more stuff.

[Arctic Dave]

6. Say it ain't so!!!!

Some of them thought they were above it. They were "special".

[Dawson Leery]

7. The capital police are getting their justice now.

See how they are arresting peaceful protestors. Who will be left to fight for them?

The loss of union rights would humble law enforcement though. They need to be humbled.

[dembotoz]

8. pretty damn funny

[midnight]

9. k&R