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.”
Bull$#%&!@*!
There is only one logical line of thought that proponents of a change like this could possibly hope to achiev. If the feds take over law enforcement officers control, they become no different than our military. Our cons$#%&!@*ution very deliberately states that our military may not be used on American soil unless martial law is declared, the police are responsible for our streets and homes. What do you think could have gone down in Ferguson, Mo. if obamma and gun-runner holder had complete control of the police? I don’t know either but it makes a guy think.
One step closer to a national police force. Most horrible thing. No question, this has been their agenda all along, and to house it in the false premise of bad policing is just a farce. Sickening to be more exact. Another reason to know the Obama administration is the worse thing that has happened in our country since Jimmy Carter.
It’s so sad that they speak in these articles as though this is what everyone wants, and then you read the comments. I don’t know of anybody who thinks this is a good idea.
I can wait until this administration is gone, all of these so called leaders are feminine little weasels.
Who is he going to deputize? The New Black Panther Party?This $#%&!@* ought to be in jail with his boss!
Don’t print this Republicans will actually believe this BS!!
I hear you!!!
This will be the second civil war
I thought this idiot resigned. Why is he still acting like he has anything to do with anything.
Yes true …..but they might hang us! and put us in fema camps for treason and switch it all around on the people and bring jade helm 15 on us……This President is really destroying our country and enabling Muslims to dominate america.