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September 7, 2015
Hey, remember who police officers backed for president in 2008?
"The National Association of Police Organizations (NAPO), representing 238,000 rank-and-file law enforcement officers from across the United States, is pleased to formally announce its endorsement of Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden for President and Vice President of the United States."Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden have a proven record of standing with the law enforcement community, from giving our officers on the front lines the resources and tools they need in the fight against drugs and crime in our communities to supporting law enforcement officers' right to work place protections", stated Tom Nee. "NAPO believes that Senators Obama and Biden will make giving our nation's law enforcement officers every protection they need a top priority of their administration." Don Surber: When police really acted stupidly
Posted by gerardvanderleun at September 7, 2015 3:47 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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The most dangerous person in the US is the local jackboot as he alone has the authority to command all resources up to and including airstrikes if necessary against you.
From the very top to the lowest bottom the entire system is corrupt and criminal and it's only a matter of time, not when, before one of it's factions victimizes YOU, perhaps repeatedly.
And you get to look forward to this for all of your life.
Posted by: ghostsniper at September 7, 2015 6:52 PM
Unions and unionistas have never been known for their intellectual prowess. They are good at contriving offers their targets can't refuse.
Posted by: BillH at September 8, 2015 7:21 AM
According to Wiki:
In 2008, federal police employed approx. 120,000 full-time law enforcement officers, authorized to make arrests and carry firearms in the United States.
The 2012 Bureau of Justice Statistics' Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies (CSLLEA), found there were 17,985 state and local law enforcement agencies employing at least one full-time officer or the equivalent in part-time officers.
In 2008, state and local law enforcement agencies employed more than 1.1 million persons on a full-time basis, including about 765,000 sworn personnel (defined as those with general arrest powers). Agencies also employed approximately 100,000 part-time employees, including 44,000 sworn officers.
So, let's see, hmm, carry the two, uh, that comes out to 1,337,985 cops.
NAPO represented approx. twenty percent of them.
BFD
Posted by: chasmatic at September 8, 2015 11:48 AM
You can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, and police do generally like living in a police state.
Posted by: Speller at September 8, 2015 3:59 PM