Birmingham, AL has been chosen as one of 6 states the feds will use to pilot the nationalization of local and state law enforcement agencies. Touted as initiative to ‘build community trust’ between citizens and local police, this takeover follows the age-old Marxist pattern of cloaking despotism within a faux security blanket.
The other pilot cities include Ft. Worth, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Stockton, Birmingham and Gary, Indiana.
Attorney General Eric Holder made the announcement today. The $4.7 million National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice was announced in April and is a partnership between federal officials and criminal justice experts focused on providing training, policy and research to address distrust between citizens and law enforcement.
The other pilot cities are: Ft. Worth, Gary, Indiana, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh and Stockton. The initiative comes after several high profile fatal police-involved shootings.
“We are truly honored that DOJ would select Birmingham as one of six national pilot sites,” said Birmingham police Chief A.C. Roper. “The mayor and I actually started discussing this initiative several months ago and knew there would be over 100 cities vying for the limited opportunities.”
“We’re all aware of the modern day issues and national discussion on policing in America. Although we’ve worked extremely hard building bridges in our communities we saw this initiative as an opportunity to strengthen relationships, increase public cooperation, and improve the perception of police legitimacy across our city,” Roper said. “We truly recognize that the Birmingham Police Department cannot be successful without community support and community trust. This three year project will allow us to serve as a national police model and increase our capacity to serve our citizens.”
The Department of Justice started the initiative as part of the My Brother’s Keeper program, which seeks to create opportunities for all young people throughout the country – regardless of background – to improve their lives and reach their full potential.
“We are always committed to engaging with the community to ensure that we are serving them and hearing their concerns,” Birmingham U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance said in a prepared statement. “We want to do a good job of listening, so that we can work together to make the community safe. We appreciate the opportunity to be one of the six pilot sites in this initiative, and the recognition from Washington that we are trying to get it right down here.”
People sure are vulnerable. This is what give away programs get you. Next they own you.
Steve Piermatteo he old Pres O Bama are going to run our police for us. I bet you are jealous.
It never ends?
its called a gestapo
Try bringing that further south…. When you pry my cold dead fingers away from my gun…. Why aren’t you stopping the lawbreakers. They are the problem not law enforcement … This is not legal… And you just let the lawbreakers and killers get away with it … Their fault always…. If you break the law you deserve what you get….. Simple as that… Law enforcement are the only good men who put their lives on the line every day they walk out the door, that keeps us safe and stops anarchy from ensuing You Capitol Hill shirts and ties need to get off your $#%&!@*es and get into the real world and quit listening to all these hate groups and follow a few good cops around for several weeks and see what they have to deal with…. You would change your asinine minds
Damn straight
Hell no we are gonna fight
Just another brick in the wall. Open your eyes and see the truth of what this government is doing America.
This people are going too far, someone should stop them b4 is too late.
Does this $#%&!@*ing idiot even know what he is talking about