Posted on 03/03/2024 7:29:01 PM PST by Beave Meister
Austin, Texas residents are expressing outrage over police staffing shortages and longer 911-call response times in the aftermath of the city council's vote to defund the department in 2020.
In February, a section of the city was notably left without a single police officer for a few hours on a Saturday due to the ongoing shortages.
Austin Police Association President Michael Bullock, who called attention to the vacancy on X, told Fox News Digital that a steady decline in public safety has put the city on the "brink of disaster."
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It’s a shame....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoZP18U5VyY
When entire areas are totally without police presence for significant time, the time is ripe for the “well regulated militia” to rise up and take out the trash. Not suggesting this as a remedy — merely pointing out the obvious.
TY.
Austin is woke, so I bet the Austinites are thrilled, if terrified.
They’re getting what they voted for.
Typically if there was a breakdown in LE, the Sheriff would intervene. But Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez seems to be a lock-step Democrat liberal, so no help there.
The next bet would be if the governor would be willing to bail them out for their bad judgment by sending in the state police. Odds would favor them stewing in their own juices.
Elections have consequences...they made their bed, now let them lie in it. I have ZERO compassion for them.
Well, such a liberal city should EMBRACE the crime. These criminals, who tend to be described as “an aspiring (non career) who was just turning his life around” can take advantage of the property of others “redistributed fairly” under the umbrella of “economic justice”. They can see what a liberal city will inevitable become. Chicago, NYC, L-A, and pretty much the whole of Venezuela lead the world in providing a guiding light showing us all what happens when those who want but don’t work Austin Police officers can ease into the role of professional report writers. The SWAT team is now “Social Workers And Therapists.”
While the rest of us see it as another cautionary tale, Austin residents can enjoy their utopian oasis if unbridled liberalism and its ultimate kind of equality….everyone is equally miserable.
Agree with both points.
Sorry Austin, you’ve rejected Him, so you’re on your own.
Austin is a Rat’s nest.
Enjoy eating the dog food you thought only “others” would eat!
This Is Not the Mexican Police or Military — It's the CJNG Cartel Rumble video 2:16
These people are too stupid to be able to breathe.
Keep Austin Weird.
Ain’t libgressivism awesome?!!!!
Dr. Frankenstein’s Monster
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