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Minneapolis Lunacy: A Recipe for Disaster
This morning my blood ran cold when I heard the latest recommendation from the Minneapolis City Council: disband the police department. Sundance at the Conservative Tree House explains the background for this action:
The term ‘community policing’ has been used for several years by groups advocating for radical changes to law enforcement; however, behind the innocuous phrase is really a much more serious agenda.
If each community can determine the enforcement of law, then essentially all communities can eliminate the underlying law itself. Remove local enforcement of law and the local community can independently assemble a social structure separate from all other binding contracts that frame a larger societal compact.
This is not the community-oriented policing that Rudy Giuliani instituted in New York. These actions, instead, would be the perfect recipe for lawlessness and chaos.
Spearheading this action is Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney Keith Ellison, a Muslim activist and far Left advocate:
Jeremiah Ellison, the son of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison and a representative of the city’s Ward 5, explicitly led calls to ‘dramatically rethink’ how the city keeps its people safe.
‘We are going to dismantle the Minneapolis Police Department,’ he tweeted. “And when we’re done, we’re not simply gonna glue it back together. We are going to dramatically rethink how we approach public safety and emergency response. It’s really past due.’
Lisa Bender, president of the city council, sent out this warning:
On Wednesday she posted a thread about how a ‘white person’ should think about dismantling the police.
‘If you are a comfortable white person asking to dismantle the police I invite you to reflect: are you willing to stick with it? Will you be calling in three months to ask about garage break-ins? Are you willing to dismantle white supremacy in all systems, including a new system?’ she said. ‘I mean this quite sincerely & seriously: just look at recent conversations about City-funded neighborhood organizations to understand how explicitly we would have to work to establish alternative systems that do not replicate the same problems. White ppl need to show up for this.’
Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Ms. Bender is telling the white people in Minneapolis that if the deprived black people attack the homes of the white community or commit any other offenses, get over it. Pay back is tough.
The city council is due to vote on this issue today.
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And so they send police to check first if it is safe for the social worker, and if they don’t come back ignore the call.
In Northern Virginia, the police are largely social workers, so it all sort of falls together. It’s that false dichotomy between the two that trips people up.
This is what NewsThud is reporting:
Sounds like no cops. Cops are too violent. Who are these people? Eight-year-olds?
Daily Caller reports this:
A Massachusetts chapter of the United Auto Workers union on May 29 called for the “disarmament and defunding of local police departments, with the redistribution of resources to democratically community-controlled education, healthcare and housing infrastructure.”
A friend of mine went for dinner in Maple Grove, MN back in the late 90s and parked his rental car. As he started to lock the doors his passenger said “don’t bother, there’s off duty cops everywhere here. No one is going to touch your car.”
BTW- real wrestling is a COMBAT sport- tougher than contact sports like football
If the left has it’s way cities will become like England- there burglars DON’T break into empty houses- they wait until you are home, barge in & demand you hand over your valuables ( they don’t want to have to look for them). If you don’t comply, they will beat & stab your family (they come in groups). They do this b/c they know you have no firearms (& in many cities in England you can not use lethal force against burglars- you will be the one charged). Only here it will be called spontaneous acts of reparations and active measures against oppression.
OHSA for burglars – Thomas Sowell
I laughed out loud.
And yes, they could be that nuts.
They are not burglars. They are Property Re-Deployment Specialists (PRS).
Any word on how the vote went?
As far as I know, nobody’s suggesting defunding 911. It’d still be there for fire and for ambulance and for reporting hate crimes.
Federal agents.
It smells like a bait and switch. The “police” will simply be given a new politically-correct name like “public safety workers” and will have to join the municipal workers union rather than having their own police union.
Upon reflection, that might not be the worst idea in the world.
Now that I think about it, why is it that police, firefighters, and paramedics have their own unions instead of being represented by the municipal workers union? They all have the same employer, so why don’t they have the same union?
Do you really not know why this is the case?
Maybe some good will come out of this. The anti-Second Amendment group says “Call 9-1-1 if your life is threatened. You don’t need a gun.” Well, if there’s no police anymore anywhere, . . .
:-)
There will be gangs, and then there will be new social orders acting in a governmental capacity. Look at the European banlieues, at Venezuela, and the favilas of Brazil.
There will be gangs, and then there will be new social orders acting in a governmental capacity. Look at the European banlieues, at Venezuela, and the favilas of Brazil.
Right you are!
The new popular bumper sticker will be:
“Support your Local Gang Thug” Er – Warlord?
A Socialist Nirvana for sure tho.
The check is in the mail!
Why do they have unions at all?
The new anti-gun argument will be, “you don’t need a gun. Just remember to make your monthly donation to the Neighbourhood Protection Association (i.e. the Mafia).”
I do not accept checks from collapsing jurisdictions. Bitcoin only.
I’ve been watching the headlines pop up all day of police being charged with crimes for dealing with protesters. I think many, many cities will experience what it’s like to live without a police force, because the police are going to be demotivated to even try to do their jobs. Too risky.
The people in Minneapolis are actually stupid/Liberal (same thing) enough to actually try this. In NYC we are going through a phase where there is no bail for criminals. Just let them off. It ain’t working.
Buffalo might go copless but not by choice.
Defunding the FBI, on the other hand, is looking better and better:
As Sundance at CTH notes,
It does make one wonder who would be hurt by disbanding the agency — other than agents who wouldn’t be getting a paycheck.
Certainly the FISA scandals where no FISA cases have been properly handled indicate the corruption is all-pervasive, at least on the intelligence side. The Flynn investigation is unique, though, in that HQ investigated rather than an office that does investigations. That was a huge red flag from the start. HQ is administration not investigation. Of course, none of the names you mention are still with the bureau all having been fired for cause. Further housecleaning appears to be in order.
I agree, @sisyphus. And more consequences for those who have left. The public should know that these people violated regulations and in some cases broke the law.