I have an opinion piece in the December 30, 2009 issue of the Portland Observer titled: “No Solidarity with Police Union: Time to Kick Cops Out of Labor Movement.”
I’ve made the argument before: Police are part of the management apparatus of capitalism. Therefore, they are not workers like other workers, and their “unions” serve interests that are diametrically opposed to those of the working class. (I develop on this idea at some length in Our Enemies in Blue: Chapter 6, “Police Autonomy and Blue Power.”)
The occasion for the Observer piece was the Portland Police Association’s defense of one of the most violent cops in the city, right after he appeared on video firing a less-lethal shotgun at a twelve-year-old girl.
You can read the piece here:
http://portlandobserver.com/?p=491