Posted on 04/02/2021 4:50:10 PM PDT by John Semmens
Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón (D) says he is ready to "severely downsize or outright dissolve the City's Hardcore Gang and Major Narcotics units. It occurred to me that the old 'fight fire with fire' strategy may be past its 'use by' date. Not only will dissolving these police units save money that could be better spent elsewhere, it allows us to pioneer new methods for dealing with violent crime."
One of the new methods, Gascon suggested is "passive resistance. Few people are aware that Gandhi liberated India from British rule by using passive resistance. This non-violent revolution showed that persistent refusal to obey the armed agents of their oppressors the people of India gained their independence. By turning formerly gun-wielding police officers into unarmed passive resisters against the City's drug lords and street gangsters we will thwart their criminal escapades."
Gascon acknowledged that "the transition to passive resistance won't be easy. There may be casualties as violent gangs continue to use murder as a tool for terrorizing the City. But as new officers are continuously recruited to take the place of those killed by gangs I think that the futility of attempting to sustain their criminal empires via violence will dawn on them. This will bring them to the bargaining table where City leaders can work out a motus vivendi that will allow a peaceful coexistence to arise."
A Black Lives Matter local activist using the nom deguerre "Akili," hailed Gascon's plan, saying that "he is simply doing what the people have been asking for. That's why he was elected. Once the cops lay down their weapons a new dawn of a progressive future will emerge."
Meanwhile, across the country, the State of New York is preparing to pay illegal immigrants and convicted felons up to $27,000 apiece for "the financial hardships they faced during the pandemic. Democratic state Sen. Jessica Ramos explained that "people that had to walk thousands of miles to get across our border lost the opportunity to have a job for the many months it took them to complete their journey. Likewise, individuals confined in prison could not carry out the heists, drug deals, extortion, and sex-trafficking that provided their income when they were on the outside. We have a moral obligation to try to help these people."
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They could sing KUMBAYA to them.....Even hug them....THat should cure the gangs of their evil ways.....
heh. I thought that was already being done.
Now I am finally WOKE!
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