Jawohl!
Posted on 11/20/2015 7:42:12 AM PST by smoothsailing
November 20, 2015
White House senior advisor Valerie Jarrett said criminal justice reform that reduces the prison population would make America safer.
Jarrett also said President Obama is focused on tackling the issue along with Congress and is not a "lame duck." Obama has directed federal agencies to "ban the box," which prohibits them from asking about an applicant's criminal history. Jarrett said Obama wants Congress to do the same for federal contractors as well, which requires congressional action.
In addition, the Justice Department has decided to release about 6,000 inmates from federal prison who were convicted of drug-related offenses.
Jarrett was asked if reforming the criminal justice system could cause crime to rise.
"We are seeing crime go up in some cities. We're also seeing it leveled in others and going down in the third category," Jarrett said during the "Race and Justice in America" Summit held by The Atlantic.
She said Obama has instructed Attorney General Loretta Lynch to meet with the mayors and police chiefs in cities where crime is rising to figure out what the federal government can do to help.
"The reason why we have so much support from law enforcement for criminal justice reform - and the president was just speaking to the International Association of Chiefs of Police of Chicago a couple weeks ago - they fully support it and they believe if we have meaningful reform it will actually make the streets safer," Jarrett said.
"If you keep people from going to prison in the first place, and they don't get caught up in that system and they are getting employed and they have ways of taking care of their family, that brings crime down, and so I think we have all of the stakeholders firmly engaged in this process as a way of keeping our neighborhoods safer and allowing people to lead productive lives."
Jarrett predicted "really big things" would happen during Obama's final year in office.
"Even though we only have one year left, it's the second half of the fourth quarter but really big things happen at the end of the game as we all know. Just look at this last year, we've had a terrific year, and if you recall not that long ago the press was calling the president a lame duck - I believe it was - it doesn't feel much like lame duck to me," she said.
"So he has decided that building on the momentum since day one that he really wants to focus on criminal justice reform writ large - the community, the system itself and what we can do."
Yep. Some “manufactured crisis” (another 9/11) will occur and Obama will order Federal Troops with their Jade Helm training to oversee and overtake all police actions in our cities and states.
Sounds far-fetched and like it’s a conspiranoia nut-job theory?
We shall see.
She looks like a snake who just swallowed a mouse.
I can foresee a scenario where if there is an ISIS attack on our soil close to the election and the polls start stampeding towards Trump, Obama will be bound and determined not to let that happen. He will use the attack to declare a state of emergency and cancel the election.
That at least now looks to be in the realm of possibility.
pfl
The only one really ‘big thing’ I’m hoping for is to wake up one morning, go online and read the headlines and discover that Communist sonuvabitch fell down a flight of stairs, got a chicken bone caught in his throat, or some tragic household accident like that, and he’s dead as a damn doornail.
Then I’ll have to get in line with the millions of other real Americans who intend to piss on his grave.
Better give him a sea burial like Osama bin Laden.
How appropo, ‘Osama & Obama’, “together forever”.
Lame Duck is exactly what he is now, seems many of the Dems have actually had enough, what's to lose for them now? Everything with the elections. They see the writing on the wall. Trump/Cruz coming at them.
US Troops would never turn their weapons against US Citizens on Obama’s orders....
Have faith in our fighting men....
Have you ever been in prison.
“Trump and Cruz are our only hopes. Pray for their good health and success.”
100%
Have faith in our fighting men....
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Eight years ago, I would have. But now Obama has turned out military leaders into faggot loving pus****s and many of the troops have been brainwashed as mindless sheep.
Interesting picture. Obama’s drooping eyelid suggests he’s suffered a stroke.
Valjar’s crooked smile is sinister—forced, wary and malevolent.
One picture can tell more about these two than anything ever written .
Bank on it!
Yep... I'm guessing a nuke attack from Iran followed by tens of thousands of crazed Muslims in our cities running around cutting off heads and stuff like that. Then, Obama and Congress will surrender the USA to Islam.
He just needs to check one more little item off the preparation list... disarm Americans.
Top of the list of people who need to assume room temperature.
Contrary to what this President believes, he is not a King. Nor is he a dictator. He is the chief executive of one branch of our government. His role is over seeing that the laws, as enacted by another branch of our government are enforced.
Doesn’t anyone take civics anymore?
They attempted to impeach Nixon for far less then what this man is doing.
Both political parties better wake up to the fact that when this house of cards falls, they both will be blamed (along with most members of the main stream media).
Did all those assets move back to their origin? Still placed “down south” where the unwilling to “go along” live..? Hmm?
This next year is going to change us forever I believe.
Jawohl!
I hate the Dynamic Duo more than words can describe.
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