In a recent article in the Economist, two things are of note:
- The International Union of Police Associations, has endorsed Donald Trump.
- "A forthcoming paper from Rob Gillezeau, an economist at the University of Victoria, British Columbia, who studies police practices, found that the spread of police collective-bargaining in America between the 1950s and 1980s led to what he calls 'a meaningful increase in civilians killed by law enforcement, mostly among the non-white population.' He argues that, 'it looks like the collective-bargaining process is being used to protect the ability of officers to discriminate.'"
These highlight the importance of our fight. Police should not be killing people on the streets. If teenagers can smile at angry customers and smooth over conflict, then so should trained police officers. Our law enforcement must be held to a higher standard.
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