Cenk Uygur
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Police Unions Want Obama's Reforms Gutted
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February 1, 2017
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Police unions didn’t like the reforms President Obama implemented, so now they want Trump to do away with them. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, tell you what the reforms do. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Steve Loomis, president of the Cleveland Police Patrolmen’s Association, had a blunt message for Donald Trump during a meeting in September: court-ordered reforms aimed at curbing police abuses in the midwestern city are not working.
Loomis and two other attendees said Trump seemed receptive to Loomis's concerns that federally monitored police reforms introduced during the Obama administration in some cities in response to complaints of police bias and abuse are ineffective and impose an onerous burden on police forces.
Trump, Loomis said, was “taken aback by the waste of money” when the union chief told him that federal monitors overseeing his city’s police department earned $250 an hour - a standard salary for the position.
"I think he’s going to have a more sensible approach to rising crime rates," Loomis said of now President Trump. "What I got from the meeting was that Donald Trump is going be a very strong supporter of law and order."
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