Following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, on 25 May and 7 years after the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement, the question of how such an action could have occurred continues to be asked, and the American press pointedly highlights corporatist unionism within the police that is both quick to support their members during disciplinary proceedings by using all means at their disposal, and to resist the necessary reforms.
Always behind the ‘boys in blue’ (colloquial expression referring to the color of the police uniform), and ready to set themselves up as protectors of ‘workers’ rights,’ the police trade union bodies are currently subject to particular criticism. In Minneapolis, the city where George Floyd died, Bob Kroll, president of the Police Officers Federation, denounced the ‘deplorable behavior’ of the politicians who dared to dismiss the four policemen involved in the his arrest. ‘Procedures weren’t fol
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