> They'd literally burn this city to the ground.

This is exactly the heart of the problem. The people responsible for "keeping law and order" in the city would burn it to the ground in a heartbeat if they were faced with accountability for doing illegal shit. It's the most glaringly obvious reason to disband them if we want a longterm solution.

Police unions are anti-labor and shouldn’t be included when talking about unions

Unfortunately the general public has no influence on how the police union votes and therefore no influence on reform. If we want an effective judicious law enforcement in this city it begins with ending the police union. It’s a tall order and maybe unrealistic but it’s the only way to reform and progress as a city.

I doubt his replacement is any better - does anyone know anything about the current President of law enforcement union?

By far the most surprising part of this article is he’s being charged w anything