Police union that endorsed Trump condemns Jan. 6 pardons

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Salon

Published January 22, 2025 9:47AM (EST)


President Donald Trump's mass pardon of Jan. 6 rioters, many of whom assaulted police officers defending the U.S. Capitol, has provoked a furious response from the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP) on Tuesday.

The FOP, the nation's largest police union, endorsed Trump in 2024 and in his previous two campaigns, declaring even after the 2021 insurrection that it was "clear he supported law enforcement and border security."

But on Tuesday, the FOP signed on to a a joint statement denouncing both Trump and former President Joe Biden's pardons of individuals convicted of killing or assaulting law enforcement officers, saying that "allowing those convicted of these crimes to be released early diminishes accountability and devalues the sacrifices made by courageous law enforcement officers and their families."

"When perpetrators of crimes, especially serious crimes, are not held fully accountable, it sends a dangerous message that the consequences for attacking law enforcement are not severe, potentially emboldening others to commit similar acts of violence," the statement continued.

Read more: https://www.salon.com/2025/01/22/police-union-that-endorsed-condemns-jan-6-pardons/?in_brief=true

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After their initial "deer-in-the-headlights" non-response yesterday - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10143378068

they finally woke up and blinked, but only long enough to spit out a nonsensical "both sides" statement.

[sakabatou]

1. So it was only when the leopard at their faces did they find out

[Escurumbele]

37. These people trump liberated will become his "Colectivos", and what are the "Colectivos"? Read

Venezuela: Who are the Colectivos?

Government opponents fear the armed groups more than police, but for Maduro, the colectivos are likened to ‘angels of socialism’.
Caracas, Venezuela – Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido arrived at a rally of several hundred waiting supporters last month in San Bernardino, a middle-class Caracas neighbourhood.
The stage where Guaido was set to speak was at the bottom of a long narrow street, where men, women and children had gathered.
Not long after Guaido arrived, tear gas engulfed the area, thrown by masked and heavily armed civilians on motorcycles.
From the stage, an organiser appealed to the crowd to crouch down, stay calm and not run, especially given the large number of elderly people and children there.
As soon as the gas dissipated, Guaido got on the stage just as more motorcycled men began firing live rounds, presumably to frighten off the opposition leader. He refused to budge. On this occasion, no one was killed or injured.
Venezuelans call these irregular armed gangs colectivos or collectives, while the UN Human Rights Commission describes them as para-police, or paramilitary forces loyal to President Nicolas Maduro.

These people raped women, children, robbed, killed, tortured, and were never made accountable for their actions, on the contrary, as long as they were loyal to the regime, they were paid, given motorcycles, guns, etc. They were thugs who terrorized the general public. That is what trump wants, Venezuela was the blueprint of what they want to do here.

Read more here: https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2019/5/9/venezuela-who-are-the-colectivos

[Bluetus]

41. F them. They knew Trump was going to pardon all the criminals when they endorsed him.

[Moostache]

47. You are 100% correct.

I hope they suffer greatly for their decisions and choices to vote against any human decency let alone their own safety and interests,

[Raven123]

2. Signing a statement does nothing.

[Think. Again.]

3. This should be widely shared, everywhere.

[Jit423]

54. So much for the thin blue line. Had these insurrectionists been BLM half would be dead now strange accidents in their

cells.

[shawn703]

4. FAFO

My response to anyone who supported for voted for this clown show and now has concerns or regrets. It’s their own fault that “the consequences for attacking law enforcement are not severe, potentially emboldening others to commit similar acts of violence”. And anyone who is a member of the FOP who doesn’t like those consequences can point the finger right at themselves.

[evolves]

14. 100%

They own all of it. Dumbasses.

[usonian]

18. FAFO FLAGS AND CALLING CARDS HERE.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219770873

Updated for pardoning police bashers.

[UpInArms]

26. FOP called me back in October

asking for donations. I asked the caller if the FOP supported the felon. He couldn’t or wouldn’t answer. I told him to go blow himself.

[Wuddles440]

42. They probably didn't know...

because they work for a private entity that contracts with the local or state FOP association for a flat fee. They are merely telemarketing firms using the FOP 'affiliation' to dupe prospective donors.

[Grins]

32. It took Trump mere hours to turn on them.

“Them” being the police unions that supported him. Sadly, they will never return the favor and disavow the guy who used them as lollipops (suckers.)

[DENVERPOPS]

45. And many more to follow.............

He will throw his voters under the bus, figuring he will never need them again.......

Carnage and Chaos are coming to America, and all wearing a MAGA hat..............

[Bengus81]

5. Oh fucking PLEASE. That spray tan POS fascist stated all summer he was letting them out

if elected. There were police officers beat shitless four years ago. What...like Tuberville you "never saw the video"?

What...three hours of cops getting beat and bear spray in the FUCKING FACE didn't change your stance on voting for him FOUR years later??

[RockRaven]

6. Fuck you, this is what you voted for.

(Gonna be saying that a lot over the next 4 years)

[GoreWon2000]

44. Well said!

[magicarpet]

7. Pat on the back and big bear hug to get your vote,...

.... then SPIT in your face after winning the office of the pResidency with your same vote.

FAFO - as djt shits all over the LEO's color blue and specifically the ones who every day defend our Constitution.

[liberalgunwilltravel]

8. Well then

Do something about. The January 6th traitors are no longer under federal protection. You now have a chance to deliver the punishment they deserve.

[qanda]

9. I'm definitely laughing at them

I guess I'll be laughing a lot over the next four years.

[NotHardly]

10. A bit late for that Blue Boys... he'll put you on the list.

[Golden Raisin]

11. Let me know when they actually cease voting Republican from top

all the way down ballot. Also when they stop blaming Democrats for everything.

[kacekwl]

12. Hey stupid he

Fucking told you what he was going to do. Somebody needs to shake some sense into you.

[malthaussen]

13. Look, you twits, he *said* he was going to do it! I know, he always lies...

... which by the way raises the question of why you would endorse a liar.

-- Mal

[LetMyPeopleVote]

15. These dumb cops endorsed Trump and now are mad he released a bunch of MAGA terrorists

Link to tweet

[Martin68]

16. I don't know what to think of this. Is the union just plain stupid? Ignorant? Disingenuous?

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I mean, wtf did they expect?

[WinstonSmith4740]

27. We'll be hearing this a lot for the next couple of years.

"But the leopard wasn't supposed to eat MY face!"

[Martin68]

56. You got that right!

In one sense it's all very predictable. And idiotic.

[SamKnause]

17. You stupid fucks.

[happy feet]

19. Totally unimpressed

Especially since they Both Sided their argument dragging Biden into the orange one’s crap.

[LiberalLovinLug]

20. Yeah what violent offender did Biden pardon?

[LisaM]

24. That jumped out at me, too.

What violent criminals did Biden pardon?

[LisaM]

29. I think it was Leonard Peltier.

So one 80 year old in declining health vs 1500 young thugs. Seems about the same.

[yaesu]

21. The Fraternal order of dumbasses shouldn't have endorsed fascists to begin with. nt

[Marthe48]

22. Find out

You can wear camo, you can wear blue, you can wear a military uniform. You can be white as snow. Traitor doesn't see anything but bodies feeding his bottomless pit. He'll sacrifice all humans, and won't stop til he's dead.

This union, the rwnj, the religious zealots, the stupid, the racists, will all die as a sacrifice to a gaping maw that has no reason for existence except to take more.

[LudwigPastorius]

23. !

[Ilsa]

52. Beat me to it! nt

[Orrex]

25. ACAB

[Lovie777]

28. They knew shithole is a convicted rapist and a criminal ....

And still endorsed him.

[MiKenMi33]

30. This is what you endorsed!

We all knew he was going to pardon them. He told us! They had to have known. Do they blindly endorse candidates?

[twodogsbarking]

31. That wasn't very smart.

[maxsolomon]

33. LOL, plenty of Cops were among the rioters.

6 members of the Seattle Police Department were at the riot. 2 got fired over it.

[3catwoman3]

34. Buyer's remorse is setting in pretty quickly.

Just shy of 50 hours since the inauguration.

[mdbl]

35. What a bunch of morons

Anyone that would be so stupid as to vote for Donald Dump and then complain about what he does gets what they deserve.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

43. Problem is

They aren’t the only ones hurt

[mdbl]

59. My comment didn't imply that.

[TheCowsCameHome]

36. Screw. Them.

They knew what he was but endorsed him anyway.

0 fucks given here.

[emulatorloo]

38. "I never thought the leopards would eat MY

[Old Crank]

39. Police showing they aren't paying attention.

The GOP only wants them for props or to harrass minorities.

[usaf-vet]

40. Keep voting that way and it will only get better. Better for the felons.

[Torrent63]

46. Duh.

Aaaaaaand, the leopards eat another face. At least, hopefully, people will realize the full monstrosity they voted for. Hopefully.......

[hamsterjill]

48. When I think of police these days...

I think immediately of Uvalde. I grew up there.

I have a completely different view of police authority after that school shooting.

[republianmushroom]

49. Seems like a time for a leadership change.

[Evolve Dammit]

50. A good start. Let's see how far they go.

[red dog 1]

51. "Joint statement denouncing both Trump and former President Joe Biden's pardons of individuals convicted of killing

or assaulting law enforcement officers"?

President Biden didn't pardon any of the January 6th violent rioters, Trump did.
Trump pardoned them all, including Daniel Rodriguez, one of the men who attacked D.C. police officer Michael Fanone with a stun gun, and who received a sentence of 12 and a half years from Judge Amy Berman Jackson.

President Biden commuted the sentence of Leonard Peltier, who was wrongly convicted of killing 2 FBI agents and who spent nearly 50 years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
Now "Mr. Peltier is almost 80 years old and has several compounding health conditions, including kidney disease, diabetes, near-total blindness, and an untreated aortic aneurysm. He requires a wheelchair." (Wikipedia)
(Rodriguez and the others who attacked and beat up Capital police on January 6th are all fairly young and in good health, unlike Peltier)

Peltier's sentence was commuted to indefinite house arrest by Biden.
His case doesn't compare to the violent cop-killing January 6th convicted rioters' cases.
The FOP's statement denouncing both Trump and Biden is bullshit!
Fuck the FOP!

[Ilsa]

53. IACP & FOP cry for assistance as leopards eat their faces.

FAFO!!

[Blue_Tires]

55. Seriously... That union needs to fuck right off

👎

[Blue_Tires]

57. It's show theater

The union knows Donnie is going to give the cops full immunity against any prosecution for crimes and they're absolutely thirsting for this

[Deminpenn]

58. Dudes like Tario and Rholdes and their followers hate government at

all levels and that includes cops. Sooner rather than later, they and/or their followers are going to kill a few cops.
It will be too bad for those left behind, but actions, like endorsements and votes, have consquences.