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Trump Orders Federal Law Enforcement to Patrol D.C.: ‘Plagued by Violent Crime for Far Too Long’
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Donald Trump is not America. This isn't over.
Maybe living under authoritarian rule will be absolute bliss! Somehow I doubt it.
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No kidding, Sherlock.
It's over until the next election.
I'd rather have that than lawlessness and crime, which seem to be the only two choices now.
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President Trump garnered 49.8% support of the electorate and has been acting as if he’s got a 60% mandate…nothing spells out a threat to Democracy quite like the tyranny of minority-rule.
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Yeah, Watson, this is to say that America didn't do this, Donald John Trump did.
No, it isn't.
Naw, there are a very wide range of things between the two.
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I'm not in the USA, so what I write is about any place that has crime, but is anyone looking at the causes of it? I know it's sin, which is where the churches have a job to do, bringing people to repentance and providing a loving, supportive environment as they turn their lives around.
Also, are other factors contributing to it? Low wages, poor job opportunities, lack of affordable housing, mental health issues, drug and excess alcohol use (either causing the problems or the result of them), disparity between rich and poor, greed by some employers and landlords, lack of education? The list goes on. I know many people suffer from these things without turning to crime, but for others either they don't resist the temptation or the stresses of life get too much for them.
Also, are other factors contributing to it? Low wages, poor job opportunities, lack of affordable housing, mental health issues, drug and excess alcohol use (either causing the problems or the result of them), disparity between rich and poor, greed by some employers and landlords, lack of education? The list goes on. I know many people suffer from these things without turning to crime, but for others either they don't resist the temptation or the stresses of life get too much for them.
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That would be standard procedure when there are allegations of misconduct against a member of law enforcement. It doesn't prove anything one way or the other.
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.....that is what Trump would have you believe. There are many alterntives to addressing crime in D.C. that does not involve the National Guard or the Border Patrol roaming the streets.
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...this certainly did not help: [Congress approves D.C.'s city budge]
March 11. [...to date, the funding has not been restored despite promises to the Senate to do so]
The Republican-led Congress in March slashed D.C.’s local budget by more than $1 billion through a federal spending bill.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said that, after city officials’ warnings, “I’m disappointed that the House leadership chose to ignore the facts.” The money D.C. will be forced to cut, he said, will simply sit in the local treasury.
“Do they not care that we will have to furlough police, firefighters and teachers?” Mendelson said. “And for what purpose? The dollars will simply collect to pay the police, firefighters and teachers, but will not be able to be spent.”
March 11. [...to date, the funding has not been restored despite promises to the Senate to do so]
The Republican-led Congress in March slashed D.C.’s local budget by more than $1 billion through a federal spending bill.
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson (D) said that, after city officials’ warnings, “I’m disappointed that the House leadership chose to ignore the facts.” The money D.C. will be forced to cut, he said, will simply sit in the local treasury.
“Do they not care that we will have to furlough police, firefighters and teachers?” Mendelson said. “And for what purpose? The dollars will simply collect to pay the police, firefighters and teachers, but will not be able to be spent.”
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Funding the hiring of 800 police officers which the District has been requesting.
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a Fox News interview Monday that the troops will not get involved in law enforcement, despite having “broad latitude.” An Army spokesman said Guard troops will mostly provide administrative and logistical support for police, but in some instances they will be stationed at intersections to deter crime, The Post reported.
An Army official, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the situation, told The Post that all of the roughly 800 Guard members will be armed, with the initial plan being to serve in rotational shifts of about 200 members each.
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