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.”
Never thought I’d see the day that our government would destroy our civil liberties! It’s sickening beyond words!
another dumb$#%&!@* idea
ALL STATES SHOULD RESIST THE GOVERNMENT TAKE-OVER. IT IS ILLEGAL/WHICH OBAMA LOVES.
Martial law comming to a republican state
Gonna be hell to pay.
that how This President is going to get his 3rd term threw Martial law
How does law enforcement feel about this?
seriously????? take over local law enforcement???? i wouldn’t try
The people, and the state legislatures of these states should fight back and just say no! It is NOT the Federal Governments job to enforce local law let alone interfere with it.Why aren’t these states asking for an injunction to halt this action by the Fed? That is the real question here…why are the states involved even allowing it? This is not only uncons$#%&!@*utional, it is a blatant criminal act by our Federal Government.
Holder hmmmm he quit didn’t he?! Should be a law if the president doesn’t offer a viable replacement they get to bring in one of their own!