Dim Bulb: Denver Police Protective Association

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What: The Denver police union is demanding the city reinstate former cop Derrick Saunders to the position from which he was firedWhy it’s dim: Saunders was fired after being caught going 143 mph in a 55-mph zone and driving drunk. Union lawyers claim firing was too severe a penalty.

Cure: Governors, not on police cars, but on public employee unions and their lawyers.

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