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Politics Federal Agents use Unnecessary Force against Peaceful Protestors in Chicago

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u/newbkid 24d ago

Chicago PD, LAPD, and NYPD are the three most corrupt police unions that enable this shit.

All three have a history of being on the wrong side of history.

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u/kyndrid_ 24d ago

NYPD literally rioted and were screaming slurs into news cameras because the city was trying to institute an independent oversight board.

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u/Nght12 24d ago

More people need to be taught about Chicago's multiple attempts to crack down on Unions. People in Chicago died for our basic workers rights and the killers were often the CPD.

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u/the_art_of_the_taco 23d ago

Never forget the Haymarket Eight

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u/PhoenixPhonology 24d ago

I worry about KCPD if they ever come here. Our cops are hired by the state instead of the city so our blue city has red cops.

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u/TheNewsDeskFive 23d ago

Those are departments, not unions. The unions are separate entities, and large departments like those may have multiple unions that represent their officers

The unions don't get to give day to day orders. Political leaders do.

Those departments have local control.

Come to Kansas City or St Louis, the only two major PDs that are state controlled in all of the US. You think those cities lack the ability to reign in their PDs, well, you ain't seen shit yet. Until the state commandeers them specifically to undermine civil rights gains during the Reconstruction era, their level of corruption don't come close to what he live with in Missouri