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Don't trust Breitbart, but no none the less.
"[h=2]President Barack Obama is harnessing the increasing attacks on police — and the periodic shootings of people by stressed cops — to push his agenda to federalize state and local police forces.[/h]“I want to start moving on constructive actions that are actually going to make a difference,” he said during his evening press conference in Poland when he was asked about the Dallas attack.
Those actions, he said, would be based on the recommendations of the panel that he picked after the 2014 street riots in Ferguson, Missouri. The panel offered “practical concrete solutions that can reduce — if not eliminate — the problems of racial bias,” Obama said."
Obama Pushes More Federal Oversight of Cops After Dallas Attack on Cops - Breitbart
At present, police departments are the responsibility of the local jurisdiction. Some politicians in Washington want to have federal control of law enforcement.
What is your opinion?
I know. I was shocked the NYT didn't have any comments.
"[h=2]President Barack Obama is harnessing the increasing attacks on police — and the periodic shootings of people by stressed cops — to push his agenda to federalize state and local police forces.[/h]“I want to start moving on constructive actions that are actually going to make a difference,” he said during his evening press conference in Poland when he was asked about the Dallas attack.
Those actions, he said, would be based on the recommendations of the panel that he picked after the 2014 street riots in Ferguson, Missouri. The panel offered “practical concrete solutions that can reduce — if not eliminate — the problems of racial bias,” Obama said."
Obama Pushes More Federal Oversight of Cops After Dallas Attack on Cops - Breitbart
At present, police departments are the responsibility of the local jurisdiction. Some politicians in Washington want to have federal control of law enforcement.
What is your opinion?
Definitely not. Since most laws are not federal then that would make no sense at all. It is bad enough that one person, as POTUS, can decide to ignore (aka selectively enforce) federal ommigration law - giving that same single person (partisan moron?) the power to ignore enfircement of a state (or local) law that they deemed "unfair" could be a disaster.
Most laws are not federal but the balance has shifted way to the federal side in the last forty years.
"[h=2]President Barack Obama is harnessing the increasing attacks on police — and the periodic shootings of people by stressed cops — to push his agenda to federalize state and local police forces.[/h]“I want to start moving on constructive actions that are actually going to make a difference,” he said during his evening press conference in Poland when he was asked about the Dallas attack.
Those actions, he said, would be based on the recommendations of the panel that he picked after the 2014 street riots in Ferguson, Missouri. The panel offered “practical concrete solutions that can reduce — if not eliminate — the problems of racial bias,” Obama said."
Obama Pushes More Federal Oversight of Cops After Dallas Attack on Cops - Breitbart
At present, police departments are the responsibility of the local jurisdiction. Some politicians in Washington want to have federal control of law enforcement.
What is your opinion?
Oversight and a federal police force are two different things. This story is just another example of horribly skewed right-wing thinking and reporting. Nowhere is there any "agenda" by President Obama to make all police "federal". I defy you to show that he said so. Nor is there anything in the 116 page task force report that even suggests that all police should be federalized.
What IS a recommendation summary, is that the US government should implement standards and practices on a nationwide level wherein all police departments communicate through a national mediary and design programs for the welfare of the public AND the police officers. The reports simply recommends that everybody be on the same page. There is nothing nefarious about that or in Obama's approach to the issue.
Oversight and a federal police force are two different things. This story is just another example of horribly skewed right-wing thinking and reporting. Nowhere is there any "agenda" by President Obama to make all police "federal". I defy you to show that he said so. Nor is there anything in the 116 page task force report that even suggests that all police should be federalized.
What IS a recommendation summary, is that the US government should implement standards and practices on a nationwide level wherein all police departments communicate through a national mediary and design programs for the welfare of the public AND the police officers. The reports simply recommends that everybody be on the same page. There is nothing nefarious about that or in Obama's approach to the issue.
How is the federalized Post Office doing?
"The report urges the federal government to federalize police training and practices, via the use of federal lawsuits, grants and threats to cut federal aid. So far, Obama’s deputies have cajoled and sued more than 30 police jurisdictions to adopt federal rules in a slow-motion creation of a national police system, similar to the slow-motion creation of a federal-run health-sector via Obamacare."
Bingo. It is a matter of federalized police departments. I realize the propagandists on the left want a federal police force but as with most things can't really say so.
So, we have to who think there should have been a third option on the poll of local police departments controlled by the federal government.
Ahh...
You tricked me with your deceptive, dishonest poll.
I of course voted NO. Federalizing police would be ridiculous for a multitude of reasons.
But the article you posted is about oversight. Oversight is where our police are failing right now.
Obama is spot on. We desperately need more oversight.
The only oversight they have at the moment is the DOJ. And often any oversight becomes political rather than legal.
We have guilty cops going free. We have innocent cops being put through the ringer. And we have a society full of people who are affecting how these cases are viewed even though our society fails to know the difference between a cop making an accidental mistake vs. malicious murder vs. a justified shooting.
No one ever touches on the accident part. It is always either justified or murder in the political world, the pundit world, and throughout society.
One of the first things we need to do is focus on the difference between accident and murder.
For example, Philando Castile's death was an accident. You can even tell by the cop's voice alone that he is terrified. He probably never had any business being a cop to begin with.
An accident is not a crime. But any cop who has an accidental shooting resulting in death should be barred on a national level from ever holding a gun again or working in law enforcement.
Eric Garner's situation was different. His death was not an accident, it was murder. It was not first degree murder though. It was somewhere between manslaughter and second degree murder.
The officer applying the relentless and unlawful choke hold who was ignoring Eric's pleas for help, should be tried for second degree murder. This was not an accident.
We desperately need Federal oversight and national standards that both protect our police and police our police.
I do appreciate the time you took to respond. I understand that you don't think current federal law, federal courts, a multitude of federal agencies don't exercise sufficient "oversight". I think you're being misleading. We have oversight now. Oversight by the federal government, oversight by the media, the courts.
Police departments have had for decades policy suggestions and recommended standards, some of which have been implemented. Some not. Some made sense, some didn't.
Is what you want "oversight" which I would argue already exists or do you want is federal command and control of local law enforcement agencies?
I think we saw the federal government's approach to policing in Ferguson, Missouri.
This would push states to secede much faster than is going on any way .. the problem with obama wanting that is that law enforcement and military TYPES ARE CONSERVATIVES that is the problem... LOOK at who are the conservatives and look who are the liberals.... Most men are conservatives... will he have only gay women as the enforcers of the laws against men?? just no contest..
what is gonna start to stampede is the conservatives stopping the liberals because the conservatives ARE THE MEN.... are the LAW ENFORCEMENT.. Are THE MILITARY... obama is being VERY FOOLISH
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