Sounds right. Other employers have contracts under which refusal to cooperate with police is grounds for dismissal. I hope these guys appreciate the service of their union.

The Fifth Amendment only protects them from self-incrimination. It does not protect them from incriminating others. Some (if not most) of these “public servants” withheld information that was far outside the scope of their Fifth Amendment rights.

But surely anyone is allowed to refuse to talk to the police under their Fifth Amendment rights. Although the contract cannot override the law, the correction officers can opt to exercise their Fifth Amendment rights to the fullest. And under the rules of the contract, they cannot be fired for doing so unlike any place not operating under those contract rules. I think that’s what’s going on.

Are you actually suggesting that Eric Holder – a dedicated public servant – would use his office to further his own ends and punish those he disagrees with or doesn’t like? I am shocked and appalled at the very suggestion. Next I suppose you’ll be telling me that there is gambling at Rick’s Café Américain.

You are right about a contract.

But maybe other authorities and the police prefer to be thwarted. They are probably unionized with similar contract provisions and/or immunities. And doing nothing leads to the same pay and retirement.

In a Red State Holder would have been investigating within minutes.