Blue is a Civil Rights Color Too

No American group has the market cornered on unfair treatment. I type this as an American raised in the South and stand by my statement. That said, our police officers are a US group mistreated like no other. The blue ( and other colors ) of their uniforms places them in a unique minority status. In the era of camera phone transparency, one-sided footage ends careers or burns portions of cities. While strategic " blue flu " outbreaks express displeasure, officers are the sole minority which can't voice their opinion. Police unions are the exception to this vocational gag order. Their representatives and attorneys speak forcefully for silenced peers.