Posted on 04/22/2023 7:55:41 PM PDT by bitt
Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) directed the state National Guard and California Highway Patrol to help in the fight against fentanyl trafficking in San Francisco.
As part of a new partnership, the agencies are tasked with identifying personnel and resources to assist San Francisco following a 41% spike in fentanyl overdose deaths in the first few months of this year.
“We are providing more law enforcement resources and personnel to crack down on crime linked to the fentanyl crisis, holding the poison peddlers accountable, and increasing law enforcement presence to improve public safety and public confidence in San Francisco,” Newsom said in a statement on Friday.
Newsom’s office said the collaboration, which also includes the San Francisco Police Department and and the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, will be focused on drug suppliers and traffickers rather than seeking to criminalize those struggling with substance abuse in a city that has recorded several hundred accidental overdose deaths annually in recent years.
The agreement will “lead to the formation of a new collaborative operation between all four agencies focused on dismantling fentanyl trafficking and disrupting the supply of the deadly drug in the city by holding the operators of large-scale drug trafficking operations accountable,” the governor’s office said.
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Troops? Troops comin’ down here to my home? I say bring ‘em on. Bring ‘em on, Newsom, ya pretty boy. This is our home turf and we ain’t givin’ up one inch. Not one inch, hear?
Photo of hobo with his harmonica and dope....
Just noticed that harmonica and it fits perfectly with the classic song of jazz organ artist Jimmy Smith “Hobo Flats.”
Buddy Lucas played the harmonica.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcFEYs5boOc
I used to love his albums in the 60s especially.
He would like Dukakis in the tank wearing a helmet.
EXACTLY what I was thinking! “What are they gonna do, arrest a bunch more people that the DA will then put RIGHT back on the street?”
The video of Newsom being an arrogant smug POS to a resident asking him what he’s going to do about the fentanyl problem sure has pissed off a lot of folks. It better be part of the conservative’s presidential ads if Newsom plans to run for President. Of course, CBS left out his snotty answer to the resident on their website.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/gavin-newsom-roasted-non-answer-addressing-fentanyl-epidemic-what-should-i-do
He the DA?
Interesting perspective.
That sounds very plausible.
What is the NG going to actually do? They are not sworn Law Enforcement. They are not equipped or trained for these operations. They do not know the area like a local cop would. If you put them on a border, they might actually have an impact, but on the streets in San Fransisco?
Ditto and DUH.
Stages of a liberal-created problem:
1. Liberals get involved in something, anything.
2. Immediately a crisis/problem develops.
3. Liberals do nothing about the problem for a long time, just let it get worse.
4. The problem liberals created gets noticed and starts to get negative attention for liberals.
5. Liberals pretend to do something about the problem they created.
6. The problem never fixed, big government just continues to get bigger.
What is the NG going to actually do?”
Erect tents that no one will use?
Start collecting the errant shopping carts?
Newsom leading from the news pages. He just found out there was an issue from reading the news. See all his travelling came in handy. Had he stayed in Cali he never would have known about this.
My old battalion, then headquartered in Richmond, could have provided indirect fire support on the Haight and other intellectual centers.
Nothing like 155mm HE to throttle the cartels.
“lead to the formation of a new collaborative operation”
Because, more government is always the answer.
Closing the border, arresting criminal aliens, prosecuting crimes, and exporting illegals, wouldn’t have the impact that a new government agency would.
Mebe if we change the name from Fentyal to Ivermectim, the gumint will rise up off their thumbs and doo something
It’s hard to imagine that any rational person would intentionally consume a street drug like Fentanyl. It’s a situation where even if a tiny fraction of the pill were to be pure Fentanyl, it would be fatal. It’s bad enough to take drugs manufactured by a regulated and inspected pharmaceutical company, but taking something manufactured and mixed by a drug cartel member in his bathtub is pure suicide. There is simply no way that the pills are mixed properly. Taking them is no different than chambering one round in a revolver, spinning it, and pulling the trigger wile pointing it at your head.
It’s likely that a large percentage of fatalities are in kids who think they are taking something else. I’m all for catching and jailing the pushers, but educating the potential users needs more attention, too.
***Dukakis looked like Rocky the Flying Squirrel ****
He looked like a possum smiling while eating s**t. I saw that and knew he was done.
Can somebody photo shop a picture of Newson into that tank wearing a helmet like Dukakus?
Newsom the Vile never does anything with first making a political calculation. If he doesn’t calculate that a decision will benefit him directly, there’s no decision to be made.
AND——HE WANTS TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE WHOLE USA !!!!
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