Posted on 12/31/2016 1:16:38 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Wrong question. The police chief will salute whatever orders the mayor and city council give him, if he wants to keep his job. The officers below him will do likewise.
It will all depend on what will motivate the politicians on top — like being held personally responsible for violations of federal law.
CALexit 2018
Yes, you point out a problem which should be solved when the federal funding is cut.
Trump could extend pardons if things get messy, but in general, local law enforcers have to enforce federal law or face these consequences.
If a LEO refuses to enforce the law, he can be easily fired. Refuse to do his job? Door.
If they won’t Trump will just send in the NG to do the job, just look in all the jails, restaurants, roofers, etc. Plenty of out of work Americans to fill the void.
New title: Will Law Enforcement Enforce the Law?
Absolutely, at the rank and file level.
Trump will purge the necessary “management”.
Cut funding to sanctuary cities/states, cut off all freebies to the illegals.
Trump doesn’t have to do much arm-bending with LEO. He simply has to start enforcing laws already on the books.
The thin blue line will. The political law enforcement powers that be will follow the power of money.
They flew too close to the Sun.
I work in probably sanctuary city number one, San Francisco, and I don’t see this as a huge problem for Trump, He can start with voluntary cooperatives, which will be all but about 50. Then proceed to those cities located in states with Republican governors and/or legislature’s. That will leave about five cities, Examples should be made out of them, with every crime perpetrated by an illegal alien plastered all over Trump’s Twitter account, right.wing media etc., not mention cutting off their federal funding, They’ll cry uncle pretty quickly.
And turns Sessions loose on them....
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