Today's Larwyn's Linx sponsored by: Please Support the Senate Conservatives Fund. QOTD: "...according to a protester from inside the Capitol, the police union members ... threatened to disobey any future orders to clear protesters from the building, currently expected to take place at 4 p.m. on Sunday, February 27... To the extent [that the police] wished to participate in the political process, that was fine, [but they] went much further [suggesting they] would disobey the Governor. The announcement by the police union members that they would refuse an order from the legislature to evict the protesters from the building also went far beyond mere political speech.
...More than anything, this shows the dangers of public sector unions. Those who work for the state occupy a different position than those who work in the private sector because they carry the weight of state authority. When those state workers are in law enforcement, they carry special obligations not to use their positions for political purposes.
When an off-duty policeman wearing police insignia takes a megaphone and announces that he and his fellow police union members will disobey orders, that policeman -- at a minimum -- has dishonored his pledge to uphold the law." --William Jacobson
"Larwyn's Linx: Wisconsin Police Union Members Threaten Insurrection"
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