Ilia Murtazashvili

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Why Don’t Police Unions Protect Whistleblowers?

11/25/2021 Mises Wire Tate Fegley Ilia Murtazashvili

Sergeant Javier Esqueda of the Joliet Police Department in Illinois thought he was doing the right thing by leaking a video recorded from inside of a squad car that showed a black man, Eric Lurry, in...

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Why Don’t Police Unions Protect Whistleblowers?

12/07/2021 Tate Fegley Ilia Murtazashvili

It is clear that there are situations in which the unions’ interests diverge from the public’s interest in transparency and good policing. But the unions’ interests also often diverge from the interests of individual members.

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