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Rep. Lee Zeldin: Defunding police is great for criminals – bad for crime victims
Fox News ^ | June 26 2020 | Rep. Lee Zeldin

Posted on 06/26/2020 3:36:31 AM PDT by knighthawk

It’s 3 a.m. and you’re home, with your children sleeping in the other room, when a window shatters downstairs. You reach for the phone to dial 911 – but instead of an operator dispatching your local police, you get a recording saying you can leave a voicemail for a social worker.

Or maybe the recording tells you to stop by the police station tomorrow. Or maybe you get no answer at all when you call.

This seems to be the ideal world for those who have bypassed the need for real debate and taken to the streets – not to exercise their right to peacefully protest for positive change, but to demand we “defund,” “abolish,” “disband” or “dismantle” the police.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; defundpolice; israel; leezeldin; newyork

1 posted on 06/26/2020 3:36:31 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

Reach for my phone?

Yeah, when I call 911 it’s to report a shooting. And a body count.


2 posted on 06/26/2020 3:43:29 AM PDT by airborne (I don't always scream at the TV but when I do it's hockey season!)
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To: knighthawk

It’s so the “oppressed” can waltz right in and take what is “rightfully” theirs from us, their “oppressors,” and maim us without having to worry about retribution.


3 posted on 06/26/2020 5:11:07 AM PDT by I want the USA back (THERE ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TO BE A DEBATE TRUMP VS BIDEN! It will be the best show ever!)
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