In Ohio, Police Union Lawyer Tells Lawmaker ‘Cops Hold Grudges’ – Updated

Yesterday the Ohio Senate passed a bill stripping public employee unions of the ability to collectively bargain. There was a bit of a ruckus in the chamber when the bill passed.

Apparently, the trouble makers are union reps. No doubt, they’re upset. Just look what union leaders earn. If anything, it’s the union bosses with the most to lose. Rank and file employees will continue to be protected by civil service laws, get paid and receive benefits.

But something that happened later is what should leave you concerned.

Among those voting for the measure was state Sen. Frank LaRose, a 31-year-old freshman Republican from Akron. After the passage of S.B. 5, LaRose’s Facebook page filled up with comments, including one from Michael Sarge Piotrowski who — as Melissa Clouthier explains at Red State — is a lawyer representing the Ohio Fraternal Order of Police.
“Funny thing about cops, they hold grudges,” Piotroski wrote on LaRose’s page.
After being criticized by LaRose’s supporters — including College Republican activists Joe Manno, Nick Willcox and John Eakin — Piotroski tried to walk back his comment, while simultaneously lashing out at Republicans.
“You don’t know what you are talking about,” Piotroski wrote in a reply to Willcox. “When Republicans talk about ‘Union Thugs’ they may as well be calling people the n-word.”

Be sure to read the whole thing, including a screen shot of the facebook exchange. Professor William Jacobson has more on this disturbing trend of the blurring of the lines between the police and their unions. I hope this will be the end of it, and not the beginning.

Video source: American Power.

Via memeorandum

Update: The Other McCain has a follow up post with a statement from Sen. LaRosa, and much more! Be sure to check it out.

Woops! Link to ToM fixed – I had the wrong one. But the link to Obama the race baiter is worth a read, too.

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