"Just five or six years ago, it would have been impossible, he told me, to persuade his colleagues to refuse donations from the Police Officers Association. Javellana has observed the same dynamic among police unions in south Florida."https://newrepublic.com/article/159706/police-unions-bully-politicians-new-york-deblasio …
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"And although police strikes are illegal, unions threaten informal slowdowns and sick-outs (known as “blue flu”) to influence city leaders."
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"Schrader notes that mayors listen when unions tell city hall, “‘If you don’t give us what we want, crime’s going to go up, and your mayoralty is going to go down the tubes."
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Good on CA AG
@RobBonta for not taking donations from police unions:https://twitter.com/bedwardstiek/status/1397255539193630720 …Show this thread
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