While police unions typically defend law enforcement members under most circumstances, some unions are refusing to back police officers involved in the Capitol riot. NBC News' Janelle Griffith explains why some police unions are taking a different approach. Aired on 01/22/2021.
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Some Police Unions Won't Back Officers Involved In Capitol Riot, Others Struggle With Defense
“Some police unions ” ?
None should back them up.
They need to be prosecuted and thrown in jail.
I approve this message 💯💯💯
@xDarkxArenx : Are you not going to enjoy in our raised taxes? When a side I have similar things in common with & find we’re on the same page thus my choice, but end up losing, I still support the opponent.
I’m in if you know something I don’t to possibly not participate if by choice.
Precisely why police are not trusted
@tigerinatrance and your voice matters ?
Child please respect your forefathers who built this land
@Enrique Alvarez fk you fake Latino name and stop the fake lies ya trumpturds need to stop grt a life and a brain ignorant troll.
Any officer directly involved in the killing of an unarmed person, should either lose the ability to be police forever, or go to prison.
If a unarmed person is killed only 1 of 2 things happened: someone messed up, or they murdered someone.
If they murdered someone, they go to prison.
If they made a mistake, they never get the chance to make that mistake again.
@Fender 89 unarmed doesn’t mean: no guns. You can arm yourself with almost anything. I’m sure at Wal-Mart, women were armed with purses and men were smashing each other with store products (or something along those lines).
@AL- BOT I agree, it was a failed attempt at humor
@Fender 89 yeah, I know. I just don’t want the dumb half of the country believing any more dumb stuff.
What if it was ‘The Black Knight’ trying to kick you to death?
Nfis that
https://youtu.be/3sL2x8NPyb8
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It hard to back traitors to your country.
@Dre Jackson lol my bad you right 😂…
@Iron C yeah…I know I am. You can go back to watching OAN and Fox News now
Nbc is going to build new prisons in mexico followed by other msm, dorsey and zucker. If pelosky has released the covid relief before nov 3, people wouldn’t have been n riots. Pelosky knew the riots from feds online chatter, she kept mum about it, as she Wanted the riot to happen, to smear trump. Nana is a very vengeful toxic grandma.
@Iron C Just think, MAGA accomplished what Al-Qaeda could not – the desecration of the United States Capitol. True American patriots died in 2001 on flight US93 to protect the very same building from foreign terrorists.
@Iron C – if you’re not a troll… please share how you equate racial injustice protests protected under the 1st Amendment with an armed mob of Domestic Terrorists violently attacking police with multiple weapons and overrunning our State Capitol in an attempt to murder our elected officials while acting under a different flag(s)?
We’ll wait…
Some??? Not all?? They attacked the Capitol of the United States!
@Jo S You are?
Right!??? Disgusting and disgraceful!!!
@Thomas Rainbow Yes, everybody in this comment section are.
@J_a_m_i_e oh so now the news said it so it must be true, you people are hilarious
Listen to Biden 1:16:34. https://youtu.be/Ec3mkoSWf0A
Attorney’s, judge’s, cops, politicians and anyone that works in legal fields that knows better, should get double or triple sentences
@Jason Milton I gave you a thumbs up to have you not feel lonely with your self thumbs up🤨
@xDarkxArenx one is real world, other is your sandbox full of Trump lies. go play in his mud #noPardon4Treason
Remember, you are rejected from cop school if you prove to be too intelligent. And by “too intelligent” I mean “remotely intelligent”
@Jason Milton – I’m 100% behind you. Where do I send donations to this far right third party? I’m sure the DNC would be very interested in helping you with a third party.
@Jason Milton That would be SOOOO good. It would absolutely decimate the republican party, and the Dems could start to actually do some good.
Off duty = no union protection. Glad they realized that. And seriously yes, if you thought it was okay to storm the Capitol as an officer, you should turn in your badge.
Ah yeah, why should any one that stupid be allowed to carry a gun and have a badge?
Nobody should have the protections the “unions” offer pigs, except perhaps your mother. All the union does for pigs is vehemently deny all material evidence brought against them that the unarmed citizen they killed didn’t deserve it. I am actually surprised more have not been identified or there were so few there.
That was my first thought. Why would the unions cover for them when they’re off duty? Should they get worker’s compensation If they were pepper sprayed?
Ttis that
https://youtu.be/aFBzqhLk7TI
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Sort of bad form to support officers involved in a riot that ended in 2 dead police.
100%
@Joevoe ! not always but stop being petty when they actually react appropriately.
Counterproductive
No way am I saying they need to be applauded for it, only that we need to act like adults.
2 dead? I thought it was only one? Still too many, but..?
Ffis that
https://youtu.be/3sL2x8NPyb8
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@kirara2516 One officer committed suicide after the riot.
All criminals must be held accountable for their crimes. No one is above the LAW.
@Barbara Gibson stop smoking crack, tweaker
@Barbara Gibson so even if your made up facts were close to being right, and a majority of protesters were violent, all of Trump’s tools that attacked the House were doing it to prevent the Senate from doing its constitutional job of accepting the votes of the people making it sedition, a crime, while protesting police violence is not. So regardless of the violence, one was illegal from the start. Good day.
@Wow no you can’t & if police officers had have gone after the looters at the BLM protests instead you peaceful protesters & supported accountability for bad cops they would have been seen as heroes then too.
@Wow Thousands who crossed the line from protestors to rioters were arrested. While many rioters sympathized with BLM very few were actual members.
2 more doctors should be sanctioned, doctor licensed revoke, no media entertainment for them. They are Dr OZ and Dr PHIL…..these 2 are white supremacists and they should be indicted for mass deaths of covid19
Yes, with people who stand in authority there needs to be accountability for attacking the Seat of our Democracy
@Iain Herridge
Nancy Pelosi & lying Reprobate Democrats along with Fake News Media incited Violence on January 6th by Stealing the Election from President Trump and the American People.
Antifa & BLM infiltrated Peaceful Trumpers at the U.S. Capitol
ELECTION OF 2020 WAS STOLEN BY DEMOCRATS FOR COMMUNISTS
Nfis that
https://youtu.be/3sL2x8NPyb8
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thank you mr trump for the vaccin in record time. we all know you condamn the violence and that the m.s.m abused misinformation againt you.
@Lucy Ricardo I suspect that you are a Russian troll trying to keep stirring up trouble and telling lies. If not, please rejoin reality. trump lost as proven by him losing 60+ lawsuits because they had no evidence. Even judges appointed by trump threw out his bogus lawsuits.
@Kirwola condamn vaccin idjiot
the Irony of a High % of Police Union Members is “They Support the Party That is AntiUnion”.
@Harry Johnstone So you admit that you were full of crap. I stopped reading after that because you are full of crap.
@Michael Morningstar Get yerself some edjumacation there boy. I addressed collective bargain 3x in therew and each time said it is such a small part of who they are and what they do that they are not collective bargaining bodies – full stop – they are a mafia protection racket for lawless officers who do not need to be holding guns or wearing badges. I also told you what to expect for them. They WILL be expelled from the Federation
they will be reformed or they will be expelled
@Michael Morningstar
The Republicans are. They hate unions and always have!
@Matt Russillo Wrong.
This retired cop is delighted that the Unions are not supporting bad officers.
Thank you for your service? As an insider? How do you recon we fix broken cops and pds?
So this shouldn’t be a problem I am sure the dear leader Trump who instigated this assault in the capital, and who is a billionaire will pay all attorney fees for his all his subjects , who after all were only following his orders . I’m sure he will ? Won’t he 😏
@Martin Guy And they still entered the Chambers. And stole item’s. And attempted to sell them to RUSSIA!.
@Lil Pudge Well I mean they were yt and we all know how the US treats those of a higher complexion
Thank you for your SERVICE !
The truly, truly sad thing is that it took an armed insurrection for Police Departments and Unions to stop defending criminals.
EDITED TO ADD: My apologies, “some” Departments/Unions. Which implies that some have decided it’s their duty to defend your right to violate the Constitution.
https://youtu.be/MwRfAwf1Xu8
I don’t see any of these traitors doing time. Sedition treated like a misdemeanor.
@MEDUSAvsSHOE- I know right? It’s so maddening! Each & everyone of those idiots ought to be locked up & left to rot!!
Ftis that
https://youtu.be/aFBzqhLk7TI
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Also, the federal government can’t be cowed or held hostage by a local or state politics. Everyone fears a federal investigation, especially local /state law enforcement.
No Immunity, No Impunity,
No Justice, No Peace
Sedition is the worst.
Well said
Concise and perfect.
Well put!!!
Ffis that
https://youtu.be/3sL2x8NPyb8
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“Some” feel they can’t? Now wait. Does that mean that some *do* feel that they can back them?
Damndest thing you’ve ever heard isn’t it? A brother in blue was murdered. Other murders occurred and only “some” feel they can’t defend them. So much for law and order.
Ttis that
https://youtu.be/aFBzqhLk7TI
oh good
“Some” police unions? Disgusting that any of them are backing these traitors.
@About That Right!
This is America.
the ones backing are white chief backing white cops. this one is not backing because the terrorist is a chinese cop and the chief is mexican, i saw it on the news… and maybe the fact that they were on the news so they had to no protect their own but maybe if it wasnt on the news they would try to hide it.
Police is like a gang, albeit legal, they protect their own members..
Vfis that
https://youtu.be/3sL2x8NPyb8
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“Feel they can’t back them”…? The fact that is an actual sentence sums up America..
It’s similar to … “not sure if we do support black lives”
and only some lol
The person who whipped up his sedition mob and sent them to the Capitol just got to fly off down south…….America is frequently not a real country (yet).
Ftis that
https://youtu.be/aFBzqhLk7TI
oh good
Imagine being a domestic terrorist and still expecting to benefit from everything that country provides it’s citizens
Yes insane backwards thinking.. These people were radicalized and brainwashed into domestic terrorists by Trump. Sad.
So many going to court with public defenders. Lol
Uh, yeah, that’s privilege. We’ve been saying how bad that is. America has been nurturing narcissism and encouraging delusion far too long. Instituting a more free, egalitarian way of life is overdue.
Ftis that
https://youtu.be/aFBzqhLk7TI
oh good
2 more doctors should be sanctioned, doctor licensed revoke, no media entertainment for them. They are Dr OZ and Dr PHIL…..these 2 are white supremacists and they should be indicted for mass deaths of covid19
They shouldn’t back those cop’s, regardless of them being off duty, they were in another state committing a crime.
Which killed one of their own,this won’t end well for them.
@roisin culler the majority of the treasonous rioters should be given the death sentence once they’ve been proven guilty & after their trials are completely over, they should carry those sentences out within 30-60 day’s to make a statement that this B.S. will never, and no longer be tolerated in this country by anyone including the President.
Any other country would automatically carry it out.