By refusing to embrace reasonable reforms, police unions will continue to undermine their own political and moral support. JustADCohen writes
NYPD officers kneel down after answering a call for unity from protesters during a June 2 demonstration in New York City over the death of George Floyd. Photo: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images We’re committed to keeping our readers informed.
“I thought maybe that one protester/rioter who saw it would later think twice about fighting or hurting a cop,” Cattani wrote as the protests intensified earlier this month. “I was wrong. At least that [sic] what I told myself when we made that bad decision. I know that it was wrong and something I will be shamed and humiliated about for the rest of my life.”
Here’s a decent cop — a “good apple,” you might say — who did something while in uniform that harmed no one and that earned him respect, if not appreciation, from the people he is sworn to protect and serve. And for that he knew he would be treated as a pariah by his fellow officers — let’s call them “bad apples.” “Culture eats policy for breakfast,” one expert said of policing over the weekend.
That’s nonsense. The cop who takes a knee in solidarity with protesters isn’t doing it for the looter or the rioter or the criminal who is taking advantage of the protests. That cop is doing it instead for the majority of protesters, and millions of others who aren’t protesting publicly but who want to see sweeping police reform — and who don’t necessarily see the police as enemies of peace and justice.
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