Posted on 03/04/2021 2:00:40 AM PST by Libloather
Cheered on by President Joe Biden, House Democrats hustled Wednesday to pass the most ambitious effort in decades to overhaul policing nationwide, able to avoid clashing with moderates in their own party who are wary of reigniting a debate they say hurt them during last fall's election.
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“We played too much defense on ‘defund the police,’” Perez said.
Moderate Democrats said the charge helped drive Democratic defeats in swing districts around the country.
“No one ran on ‘defund the police,’ but all you have to do is make that a political weapon,” said Rep. Henry Cuellar, a moderate Texas Democrat who has pushed for more police funding in places like his city of Laredo, where the law enforcement presence is especially concentrated given the close proximity to the Mexican border.
While Democrats used their then-larger majority to pass the police reform measure in the House last summer, it stalled in the then-Republican-controlled Senate, where GOP senators pushed an alternate plan that Democrats blocked from consideration, calling it inadequate. Democrats now control both chambers of Congress, but it seems unlikely the bill could pass the Senate without substantial changes to win GOP support.
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Perfectly stated.
Another 4 years of democrat.
Find and punish the bastards who stole the election from Trump and beat them to within an inch of their lives. It’d be partial payback for them foisting this dumbass on America!
what a sht story to read before going to bed. sometimes i hope that i never wake up. good night.
Should have been call the Gentle Giant that got his Ass kicked Bill.
There are no moderate RATS. If they say they are they’re lying. They are all COMMUNISTS.
Read it and weep...
Notice, BTW, that none of this applies to federal LE. Only to state and local.
Note to staties: If you thought being a part of your Governor’s goon squad would protect you, think again.
Before passing judgement on the police in the Floyd case,read about the Minneapolis police procedure taught to all their officers known as “Excited Delerium”, because his defense team has already made a motion to dismiss charges based on the the legal procedure used by the police there as well as other police departments across the country
Floyd is a prime example of “Excited Delerium”
Funny, if they have to change the name for a different “victim”.
The ultimate goal of the left is to have complete federal control over the police. Local policing including sheriffs is the last bulwark against federal tyranny in law enforcement. You want police to be beholden to the local citizenry, not the federal government.
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