Right now, they are targeting off-duty non-white cops. It will expand — yesterday, Presidential Adviser Stephen Miller called for local and state police to surrender to ICE. Failing to fight is no protection.
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Maybe the cops will remember that they are civilians too.
Much more likely is the white cops will turn on the non-white cops.
Bruley continued. “If it is happening to our officers, it pains me to think how many of our community members are falling victim to this every day. It has to stop.”
Well Chief Bruley, you could instruct your officers to protect the citizens against those that are violating their civil rights.
Exactly, either slow down ICE with your department or stop complaining
Cops, by and large, tend to be conservative. And conservatives usually only care about state persecution when it affects them and people they care about directly.