This U.S. election has seen an inordinate amount of involvement by police organizations, including police unions and departments. The protests against anti-police brutality have also identified which politicians are pro-police. While police are meant — ideally — to be non-partisan, there have been events over the past few months that have highlighted where police stand on the presidential hopefuls.

Trump has been vocal in his pro-police stance, refusing to condemn police brutality and sympathizing with pro-police militia. Biden’s choice to take a knee during several media events prompted senior members of police organizations to view him as unsympathetic, costing him their vote.

Today in The Conversation Canada, Temitope Oriola from the University of Alberta writes that politics and policing have never been separate, but this further intertwining reflects a dangerous shift in U.S. culture.

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