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      Outside America, cops have a union.

      They have “unions” in the US too. The shield them from consequences and fight against accountability.

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      Police unions are not always a force for good, specifically they can lack solidarity with other workers. In France they lobbied to keep their privilege while the retirement age was increased for everyone else.

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        Sure, there’s that. But no one is calling the bricklayers to disrupt union activities of other workers. The Starbucks local union organizers aren’t going to have to worry that the pipefitters union is coming for them. Cops on the other hand are literally the primary tool of unionbusting. It’s impossible to even pretend there is equivalence there while this remains true.