Called me. Wanting a donation.

They are a union. A union with a very bad reputation of trying to pose as a Illinois State Trooper organization.

A union calling people asking for money?

The guy on the phone sounded like he could be a klansman.

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Sorry you can't afford the no-call list

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#SlowTrack

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Filled it out now. Never looked into it before.

But do some unions actually try to increase incoming cash via donations? This is a thing?

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Darkside did ask me to bring meat to Lakemoorfest.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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You seem to think this is something new? I recall receiving such calls 30 years ago.

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Here's the thing about those police calls. Sometimes they have no actual association with the cops at all. It may just be some goofs running a phone room. They "collect" for the police and then write a tiny check to whatever police association while using most of the money for "operations".

Regardless, I think cops do okay financially. Go buy your own bullet-proof vests.

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Can you tell me where he's gone?
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With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

is the public really in such a hurry to donate to the police ?

Here's the pitch:

"And, you know, if you donate at the $25 level, we send you out a sticker for your car, so the guys will know who you are.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

i think they specifically pull those cars over..


johnny stoner , hey i got 2 bricks of weed in the trunk, but i'm so smart i got myself an illinois police council sticker on my car, they ain't gonna fuck with me !

I didn't say it actually worked. But you know what P.T. Barnum said.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

It's interesting how the support for unions suddenly disappears when it is the police who unionized.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Well, I would submit that there is a vast difference between a union in private industry and a public service union.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Interesting. So all non-private industry unions are bad?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I don't know if I would characterize them as "bad", but I'm not sure they should even be legal. I believe at one time they were not. The point of a union is to give a collective voice to workers to counterbalance the power held by management. In a public sector union, what is being counterbalanced?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

What time and where are we protesting? I assume CHUS will be the spokesperson as he knows who the racists are and isnt what this is really about? What exactly do we want out of this protest?

If we dont get the propert attention we desire, are we in agreement to do some serious vandalism and looting?

May I suggest the 3000 N Clark area, they have some nice stuff in the window at Sports Authority.

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I had one of those in high school. Bought it for a dollar.

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Listen to the river sing sweet songs
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I was unable to receive such calls 30 years ago.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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They called me again; I told them I hadn't sent in the donation and wouldn't be, as they are a union.

"We're not a union."

"The meta keywords of your website that Google recognizes: 'The Illinois Council of Police Members is a union of law enforcement professionals & officers in Illinois.'"

"... we're not a union. We're a non-profit organiz...."

"The About Us on your website: 'What makes the Illinois Council Of Police (ICOPs) different from other organizations that have members who are law enforcement officers? ICOPs is a Union of law enforcement professionals, run by law enforcement officers with the experience, know-how and commitment to get the job done. Our Legal Plan is the best protection available to Police Officers in Illinois. You get immediate backup with the ICOPs Legal Plan, which is open to all law enforcement personnel whether or not they are under an ICOPs contract.'

"... you should learn to honor your commitments in the future."

"Okay, bye."

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Agree, this has been going on for years and years.

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Jorr O'Braincell.

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that sticker is worth the money, at least to buy once

just vett the guys youre donating to. make sure at least half goes to the cops

when i was 16 those stickers saved me a lot of greif. i had it placed on my drivers window, so it was the first thing they saw. of course it didnt make up their minds on anything, but it was a good ice breaker and it did change the cops first impression of me, which is worth gold.

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Thats the rumor, that the sticker on your car gets you out of a speeding ticket, or moving violations. So does not speeding or driving well.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I wish there was something on this site that did the same thing.

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I have heard some cops say that they go the other way when they see a sticker like that. They think you are trying to hide something.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
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Yeah - at this point the only folks who put that on their car are folks hoping to get out of a ticket by displaying it.

Also...stickers and decals are terrible. I'm pissed I had to get an AH city sticker.

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