A California teacher this week sued his local teachers union because of its push to slash funding to the police. Glenn Laird, a longtime graphic design teacher at Eagle Rock High School, has been a member of the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) for almost 40 years. But Laird took issue with how the union last year joined calls to defund the police, releasing a paper that said authorities “must shift” money from policing to education “and other essential needs such as housing and public health.” After learning what his union had done, Laird resigned and sought to stop paying dues. “I couldn’t in good conscience be a member and pay dues, knowing my money was supporting an anti-police agenda,” Laird said in a video statement. Before signing and returning his membership application, Laird crossed out an “opt-out window” provision that restricted ending membership to a two-week period every …