A few days ago when this popped up, I saw a bunch of comments saying how everyone bets he gets a paid suspension at worst. I’m aware that officers are practically immune from the terrible things they do on the clock. I am at least glad all the commenters that thought no justice at all would happen were wrong.

The union is already fighting it.

That is the union’s job. Just like defense attorneys fight against guilty verdicts for even blatant murderers, the union is representing a union member.

Annnnd that’s why cops shouldn’t have unions.

The police dept is already loathe to hold officers accountable, we don’t need a whole ass union protecting cops from people who already don’t want to hurt them.

So you’ve never been in a union that fights for workers to get better pay, reasonable hours, and decent healthcare? I’ve had unions at two jobs and they fought hard to make sure workers were treated fairly. Football players have a union. Many service workers have a union. Unions are not a bad thing.