Posted on 09/04/2017 4:16:20 PM PDT by Tammy8
How bad has gun violence gotten in Sacramento, Calif.? City leaders now plan to pay gang members $1.5 million for a cease-fire. Following a fatal shooting last weekend in a city park, the Sacramento city council unanimously approved a controversial program called Advance Peace in an effort to address a recent spike in violence. The program offers gang members cash stipends for graduating from school and generally staying out of trouble.
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It worked so well that Chicago is on track for a record breaking year - over 700 murders so far ...
Was Marty Balin waving a gun too?
That should buy some nice new weapons.
Dems paid Nation of Islam to patrol projects in Chicago etc
And some here thought it made sense
You mentioned the law abiding- have any of these ding dongs thought about the message this sends to the children/young people that do not get involved in gangs, or violence. Those that are trying to do the right things will have a hard time understanding that the worst of the worst are getting paid in order to try to get them to behave.
If I was a parent of a kid that was not a gang banger in that area I would be pretty excited about this message.
I can't wrap my head around how people think, when they support craziness like this, don't stand up to it. I haven't read about any local opposition to this, can't imagine that.
After telling the HA’s FU repeatedly, he’s lucky they only knocked him down. What does that have to do with the idiot waving the gun in front of the stage?
Again, after the HA’s eliminated the gun threat, they were acquitted.
I guess they really are angels!
This has got to come from federal government black grants. I don’t that a city would have this kind of money to throw around. Block grants cover many sins.
The Dems are always thinking up new *programs* to help the poor unfortunates. It requires a small army of hand holders and liberal nannies to cure all of humanities ills one by one.
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