It kind of makes me wonder, because to be honest, the real problem all along has been with police unions being made up of abusive, petty little tyrants, who only really defend bad apples like themselves while actively working against the kind of police the community would actually want on their police force. I'll still never get over how the officer that literally shot an unarmed man begging on his knees not only got his job back, but with back pay thanks to the union. And more recently there's that case where some "informant" lied about a Houston couple and the PD did a no-knock raid on their house and killed both of them for defending against what they thought was a home invasion, and naturally the union has all of their backs, including the guy who lied.Given that the increases are larger than the decreases do you think the whole thing was a grift by police unions? Because I'd be legitimately impressed if so.
Edit: I should add that I doubt increasing funding now is really going to accomplish anything. It just means the assholes who lie and set up random people while ignoring actual crimes are going to get paid more, because any good cops have probably quit by now, and anyone with good sense wouldn't trust these city governments who have shown that in a jam they will just throw them under the bus.
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