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.”
Are you $#%&!@*ting me? Someone needs to stop this $#%&!@*hole from doing this. Where is congress?
This country has gone to the dogs!
Under what Cons$#%&!@*utional authority does the Federal government have the right or authority to take over law enforcement from the States? To enforce Federal laws ok.. But to put a Federal lock hold on the necks of local and State law enforcement does not see within the authority of the Federal Govt.
Locked and loaded $#%&!@*es. And it’s the United States fault voting for this dude to terms between not having his birth certificate or correct credentials to him letting Muslims and other people come in here and get more providance than are people fighting for our country and y’all still vote for him we all get what we’re going to get the majority of the retards there is very few of us left and we have to suffer for the money making corporate c*********** that voted him in office:)
I’m confused, there is nothing in this statement that talks about taking over police forces! As I understand these Dix communities are receiving funding to help there forces deal issues. The idea being to create a national model that will allow forces around the country better resources! Guess I missed something that not factual!
Ok, so….because you idiots can’t get your $#%&!@* together, we all have to pay?
They put listening devices in every GOP home in America…
Sounds like they are setting up Democrat safe havens.. What are they planning?
I know do you?
We might not make it
This is a very bad idea in a very long list of their bad ideas.