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Police Unionists and the Civil Rights Era
During the 19 sixties, this tension between reformers and police unions was at a boiling point. There was nlonger just a local issue. Under president johnson, the supreme court mandated more widespread police reforms which made it a national issue. Police unionists also seized on that fear hen say, look, there are so many destructive and threatening things going on right now,. And what our job is is to protect the fabricof society from all these various disruptive threats. We are here to protect you.