And it should be one that we tolerate. There are lots of infringements on speech, especially professional speech.
The idea that somehow a group empowered by the state to commit violence in defense of the states policies have a more sacrosanct right to speech than doctors or teachers is absurd. These aren’t individuals speaking as individuals…this is effectively government speech and we ought not wrong our hands about restricting it. The government has no right to speech.
So what is your solution to prevent law enforcement becoming influenced to do things other than realistic law enforcement for the betterment of society in a designated violence monopoly?
You are apparently mistaking my description of the world as it is for an endorsement of the world as it is.
I guess I don't think that police should be (somehow) specially prevented from any police related political activity, but that doesn't mean I don't acknowledge the age old question: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
It would be an infringement of speech rights to prevent people from donating to them, at least as they are currently defined in the US.