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.”
And they are trying to cover it all up by acting like they want to I still new trust between police and citizens.. Time to step up and react people.. Before it’s to late. I warned everyone when Obama won his first term what was coming..
I thought $#%&!@* was a thing of the past
time to lock and load for the revolution just remember get the ones that is in charge first.
Federal takeover of State police forces?Holy. $#%&!@*.This was the reason the South rebelled.Slavery would not last for long.We knew it was wrong.Very wrong.The civil war was about States Rights.The Feds taking over State Police is uncos$#%&!@*uti$#%&!@*.They can not do that.I have never been a protester.I will join protests about this.We already have cops with combat boots and bloused pants and shaved heads.We do not need feds in charge.Holy c**p.Were did this come from.Thanks Holder and company.I’ll conceived concept.opps.you got my name.
Get this s$#%&!@*bag out of office!
If true, this is wrong. Even illegal. Let us find out?
If it’s not one thing it’s always something else to destroy us and america.
Say W-h-a-t???????????????
We want to control our local services, including law enforcement, in our own communities! Everything the federalist do, they do badly. Our police and sheriffs are supposed to be accountable to us in our own areas.
The Fed’s will turn this country into a tyranny with its own local armies. Washington cares little, in Obama’s case he cares not at all about us. A generalised police state under the president’s control and national funding is one of the most dangerous uncons$#%&!@*utional things I’ve heard of.
This program should be cancelled immediately. It should NEVER be extended!!
Holder you and obama are made out of the same mold you know as well as I that it is Illegal and the Federal Gov. has NO AUTHORITY to do any such thing !!