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.”
NO TAKE OVER ………HOLDER IN JAIL
Sounds like he’s attempting to start another civil war!!! As the history books stated we used, the southern states seceaded because the federal government wanted to control the states opperations. It wasn’t started because of slavery, as there were about the same amount of slaves in the north as in the south at the begining of the Civil War. The southern states seceaded to defend the rights of their states to govern themselves, with the control of a federal government!!!!
WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS.
These 6 cities will be the the beginning of the end. The other cities will flock to get the government funding.
What a g’damned pathetic joke!!!
His first few opening seconds is certainly one way!!!
But he doesn’t condemn the officers that shoot unarmed Citizens???!!!
Just like $#%&!@* did they were called the SS
What do the Governors, Mayors, and police have to say ???? Isn’t Obama usurping their authority ??
Any State that allows this to happen should be branded and the people should rise up in their State and change their politicians before it’s too late or move to another State that is more liberty minded!
$#%&!@* Germany 1938…it begins all over.
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