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.”
Interesting that no one in the picture is smiling.
They all know this is wrong!
BULL $#%&!@* !!! Separation of rights and powers Federal vs. State vs local governments.
You can POST or you can let your Congressman know about Holder’s plan.Wake up AMERICA!!!
any governor of a state that would let this happen is not a governor or an american.
This is wrong on so many levels the Feds need to stay in DC I hope the states stand up and say get out
Well, this president is clearly not an actual citizen. Who in the F would pull this $#%&!@*?! We really need Repubs to take office to repeal all of this far-over-reaching c**p
didnt he retire
really
Guess not!
WHY? WHAT YOU GOT PLANED? I’M SURE YOU AND BARRY AND HIS CROOKED ADMINASTRATION ARE UP TO NO F ING GOOD.ALL THE $#%&!@* YOU CROOK’S HAVE DONE NOW THIS.WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING? I’M SURE ITS PURE EVIL. I;D BET MONEY ON IT,IF YOU ARE NOT SETTING TERRIOSTS FREE YOU ARE LETTING ILLEGAL’S BY THE THOUSANDS TO COME HERE AND TAKE OUR JOB’S.YOUR ARMING ISIS, YOU HAVE GAVE THEM MILLIONS OF TAX DOLLAR’S YOU BROUGHT THOUSANDS OF MUSLIMS HERE ,WHY? YOU WANT IRAN TO MAKE A NUKE TO BLOW UP ISRAEL.,YOU GOT AMERICANS MURDERED IN BENGARZI INCLUDEING A SENATOR.YOU GOT FOLEY AND OTHERS BEHEADED.YOU GOT 30 OR MORE NAVY SEAL’S MURDERED.YOU HAVE SOLD GUNS TO THE MEXICAN CARTEL.WHICH I MIGHT ADD GOT A BOARDER COP MURDERED WITH ONE OF THE ILLEGAL GUNS.YOU ARE CUTTING OUR MILITARY BY FIREING HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN.YOUR ALLOWING MUSLIMS TO JOIN OUR MILITARY WHILE YOUR FIREING OUR MILITARY.WHY? YOU WORSHIP ALLAH IN THE WHITE HOUSE ,YOU DO NOT STOP,YOUR PURE EVIL,THE FED’S NEED TO BE DISASEMBLED, AND FIRED.HLS NEEDS TO BE FIRED.IRS NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN, HILLIARY NEEDS TO BE PUT IN A CELL, ALONG WITH BILL. AL SHARPTON NEEDS A LONG JAIL TERM. IT JUST DOES NOT STOP WITH YOU BARRY NOW THIS $#%&!@* WHAT NEXT ?