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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumstRump is unleashing a militarized police force on us and calling it "The Surge"
"They didn't want to make you look so tough," the president told a room full of cops on Monday. "They didn't want to make you look like you're a threat."
President Donald Trump on Monday said the Justice Department is preparing to launch a sweeping crackdown on crime that he named "the surge," a term commonly associated with the George W. Bush administration's decision to send tens of thousands of additional troops into Iraq in 2007.
"In coming weeks, Attorney General Barr will announce a new crackdown on violent crimewhich I think is so importanttargeting gangs and drug traffickers in high crime cities and dangerous rural areas," Trump said during the International Association of Chiefs of Police conference in Chicago. "Let's call it the surge."
The president did not provide any details on the plan but said it is going to be "very dramatic."
"And you're going to see tremendous results very quickly," Trump added.
As if to emphasize his view of America's cities as war zones, Trump went on to tout his administration's success in putting military equipment into the hands of U.S. police officers and claimed "Afghanistan is a safe place" compared to Chicago.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/28/call-it-surge-vowing-nationwide-crackdown-trump-touts-tougher-and-more-militarized
Sanity Claws
(21,846 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)the announcement.
ret5hd
(20,489 posts)sinkingfeeling
(51,444 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)And lead the parade riding in a tank?
yaesu
(8,020 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)the Chicago Chief of Police denounced Trump and what he stands for.
And the Mayor called him a bullying buffoon.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)magicarpet
(14,144 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)yaesu
(8,020 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,724 posts)Why is Trump 'allowing' violence done to Americans?
When Trump accepted the GOP nomination:
"I have a message for all of you: the crime and violence that today afflicts our nation will soon come to an end," he said. "Beginning on January 20th, 2017, safety will be restored."
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/21/politics/republican-convention-highlights-day-four/index.html
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)The FBI is already fully engaged with fighting crime.
He has no group of law enforcement officers sitting around waiting to be deployed.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)who tried to bring police departments back to a community based, cops getting to know the neighborhoods type of policing.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)Especially in Blue states where most of the cities he is targeting are located.
This is just more racist pandering to his base who have been pretty demoralized lately.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)laws, if they can, to keep their PD's from receiving surplus equipment.