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Detroit Police Chief Warns Criminals: People Will Protect Themselves
Townhall.com ^ | March 8, 2014 | Leah Barkoukis

Posted on 03/08/2014 8:48:32 AM PST by Kaslin

Detroit Police Chief James Craig wants criminals to know that they shouldn’t just be afraid of police anymore—they also need to worry about homeowners who are ready to use a firearm to protect themselves.

“A lot of Detroiters are fed up,” he said in a recent interview with WDIV-TV. “They’re tired and they’ve been dealing with this epidemic of violence. They’re afraid and they have a right to protect themselves.”

After all, when seconds count, police are only minutes away, right?

“If you are confronted with an immediate threat to your safety, you’re not going to have time to dial 911,” Craig said. “It becomes an issue of, the threat is here, I have to respond to the threat.”

However, Craig was careful to say that citizens must exercise common sense. In other words, there needs to be a true threat coming at you and you can’t chase someone down the street. But he wants would-be criminals to know that they need to worry about a few things. “They’ve got to worry about a police department that is going to aggressively find you when you commit an act of violence. And you got to also worry about the good Detroiters who are not going to put up with the violence.”


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; detroit; guns; police; secondamendment; selfdefense
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1 posted on 03/08/2014 8:48:32 AM PST by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Well, not after Michigan disarms you, but you know...


2 posted on 03/08/2014 8:49:29 AM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Tzimisce

Michigan has a more pro-2nd amendment policy/laws than Texas does.


3 posted on 03/08/2014 8:54:19 AM PST by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: Kaslin

How did this guy get through the liberal screening process?


4 posted on 03/08/2014 9:00:52 AM PST by PLMerite
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To: PLMerite
How did this guy get through the liberal screening process?

I assume you mean the Chief, usually they are appointed and serve at the pleasure of the Mayor or City council. Could he be elected?

5 posted on 03/08/2014 9:06:24 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Kaslin

An urban police chief with common sense - something you don’t hear about very often these days.


6 posted on 03/08/2014 9:07:46 AM PST by dainbramaged
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To: Kaslin

Help the police are yourself.


7 posted on 03/08/2014 9:11:00 AM PST by Vaduz
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To: PLMerite
How did this guy get through the liberal screening process?

He didn't start out that way. He was a staunch anti-gun LEO in California. Then he moved to Maine and saw a different side. Now he seems to understand, and has truly changed his ways, IMHO. I'm sure he is still liberal in all other ways. But there's always hope!
8 posted on 03/08/2014 9:11:07 AM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: PLMerite; All

Detroit is under the control of a State appointed manager now, Mayor and City Clowncell are powerless figureheads.


9 posted on 03/08/2014 9:12:09 AM PST by Beagle8U (Unions are an Affirmative Action program for Slackers! .)
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To: PLMerite
It's an interesting story for him:

James Craig LinkedIn
10 posted on 03/08/2014 9:12:52 AM PST by andyk (I have sworn...eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.)
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To: Beagle8U

Thanks, explains a lot.


11 posted on 03/08/2014 9:16:09 AM PST by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)
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To: Kaslin
WOW!..a police chief, that gets "it"; instead of shootin'
dogs/caged Parakeets, investigate crimes/criminals..
free the lawful citizenry to protect their stuff.

12 posted on 03/08/2014 9:17:14 AM PST by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun..0'Caligula / 0'Reid / 0'Pelosi)
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To: Kaslin

Imagine, a chief of police in a Democratic run city with a large minority population giving, in essence, the OK for its citizens to defend themselves with a weapon against the bad guys. Looks like someone from the DNC is going to have to go to Detroit to “straighten” Chief Craig’s line of thinking.


13 posted on 03/08/2014 9:20:17 AM PST by dowcaet
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To: Kaslin

The last time I was in Detroit, I carried concealed my Taurus PT709 Slim. It’s about time Detroit gets It’s act together about self defense in the City.


14 posted on 03/08/2014 9:21:59 AM PST by gigster (Cogito, Ergo, Ronaldus Magnus Conservatus)
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To: Kaslin

It would be cool if we patriots could contact this chief and encourage him for speaking the truth, which goes against the grain of every other police chief in all the other cities. Sheriff David Clarke, Milwaukee, also has encouraged city residents to buy a gun and learn to shoot.


15 posted on 03/08/2014 9:27:21 AM PST by rabidralph
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To: Springman; cyclotic; netmilsmom; RatsDawg; PGalt; FreedomHammer; queenkathy; madison10; ...
Chief Craig is warning criminals that they're on their own.

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16 posted on 03/08/2014 9:31:41 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Kaslin

It must be a rather chilling message to a thug.

They’ve long since learned that they can throw their hands up, surrender to a cop and be back out on the street in a couple of days. The citizens aren’t constrained by many of those pesky rules.


17 posted on 03/08/2014 9:38:17 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Kaslin

Privations have a way of bringing sense back. When you obviously can’t afford to police the whole city, the sheriff will back the 2nd amendment.


18 posted on 03/08/2014 9:39:33 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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19 posted on 03/08/2014 9:39:44 AM PST by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: rabidralph

Well if he’s a cowboy we need more cowboys.


20 posted on 03/08/2014 9:40:22 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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