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.”
Frikn lieng pos,why are we even hearing this mans voice i thought he was going to go lay in a ditch somewere.
when our police force police for profit and target the undercl$#%&!@* and protect the rich it is about time the govrenment steps up if not we will see this happen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XH4Oj86sGU
Your the stooge, boy
I’ll be damned if States do not step up against this tyrannical federal government and stop this bull$#%&!@*.
We as citizens will just have to take matters into our own hands if this happens.
Sounds like the gestapo
Kinda hard to believe that St . Louis isn’t on the list. The dead thug in Ferguson is still making headlines, although I don’t know why. Martial law is on the horizon, reserve me a cot at the nearest FEMA “extended stay hotel”.
OMG
They’d have to nuke my neighborhood, they wouldn’t stand a chance putting boots on the ground here. Too many of us rednecks.
Ummmmmm……federalizing our local police. …”tatical training” with civilians on American soil…and “Fema camps” located all over the U.S. with railroad access…..and on top of all that crazy $#%&!@*, our sorry $#%&!@* “president”, is pushing for and p$#%&!@*ing all these laws to unarm the responsible citizens. ….WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!
Can anyone say” HIEL OBAMA!”