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Police Union President Compares Gov. Christie to Hitler

From The Courier Post:



John Willliamson, president of the union representing Camden’s police officers, said he and his members would be at the meeting whether they were invited or not.

“We will be there,” he said. “Camden City needs Camden police officers. As far as firefighters, same thing.

“We know the city, we know the people and we know the terrain.”

In town hall meetings, the Republican governor has chided Camden’s police and fire unions for being unwilling to give up perks such as paid birthdays off. But, Williamson said, his members have never been paid for birthdays off.

Williamson did not say it directly, but he cited an historical figure to imply that the countywide plan is part of a larger plot to dismantle public employee unions in New Jersey.

“‘We must close union offices, confiscate their money and put their leaders in prison. We must reduce workers’ salaries and take away their right to strike,'” he read aloud.

“That was said on May 2, 1933, and the person who said it was Adolf Hitler.”

Asked if he was actually comparing Gov. Christie to Hitler, Williamson said, “I’m just looking at the parallel, at what’s happening across the country, and the vicious attacks that have been launched against police and fire and teachers unions.”

Read the whole thing here. What color is the sky in John Williamson’s world? Vicious attacks? What is he even talking about? Wisconsin, where no one lost a job or had their pay cut? Where the unions there still have more bargaining rights than federal union employees? The Governor’s proposal is to create ‘regional’ police offices that would consolidate resources while maintaining public safety. We have no idea about the merits of the proposal, but isn’t it worth a discussion? Can there never, ever be any changes to the status quo?


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