Updated 6/12/2020.
What does defund the police really mean? What’s the end game? While some are whipped into a frenzy to defund police over police brutality, many are shaking their heads at what seems like a nonsensical over-reaction.
Defunding the police is more than nonsense though, it’s a well-thought-out push toward a sinister end game. Let me explain. First let’s look at what they mean by “defund the police.” What does defunding the police mean exactly?
According to Rolling Stone Magazine’s, A Practical Guide to Defunding the Police:
“Defunding the police does not mean stripping a department entirely of its budget, or abolishing it altogether. It’s just about scaling police budgets back and reallocating those resources to other agencies, says Lynda Garcia, policing campaign director at the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “A lot of what we advocate for is investment in community services — education, medical access… You can call it ‘defunding,’ but it’s just about directing or balancing the budget in a different way.”
“The concept is simple: When cities start investing in community services, they reduce the need to call police in instances when police officers’ specific skill set isn’t required. ‘If someone is dealing with a mental health crisis, or someone has a substance abuse disorder, we are calling other entities that are better equipped to help these folks,’ Garcia says.”
Sounds benign enough – right? Perhaps a little idealistic and naïve, but not too sinister. Might even be an idea I could get behind IF… big fat IF… I could trust that it would actually prevent crime and IF … I could trust that it would be done with checks and balances and IF…it wouldn’t lead to something much more sinister.
First, they should call it “reallocating resources” and not “defunding the police” if that’s what they really want. Looters on the streets and the people who took over 6 blocks in Seattle want NO police. Obviously, they haven’t gotten the reallocation memo. They would love to take over the entire country that way. So if they want to re-allocate, call it that and get their thugs on board with that.
Second, while these people who want to “re-allocate” appear well meaning and perhaps even logical to appropriate funds to things that prevent crime, those changes do not happen overnight. These programs they plan to put in place would need to be implemented alongside the current police budget to see if they even work. These things aren’t quick fixes. Human behavior takes time to change.
We have a morality problem in this country — a self-governance problem. When you teach people correct principles, they govern themselves. This traditionally happens in the family, but the family is under a full-on attack in this country. When people don’t know how to govern themselves, outside force is needed. Are we going to start teaching people morality and self-governance? Are we going to start fortifying good moral families who teach their children right from wrong? I seriously doubt these programs will do that.
Third, the move toward more mental health services in lieu of police departments concerns me. Not to say there shouldn’t be good mental health services, but we need to have checks and balances in place. Here’s why…
“On Jan. 10, 1963, Congressman Albert S. Herlong Jr. of Florida read a list of 45 Communist goals into the Congressional Record. The list was derived from researcher, and former FBI Agent, Cleon Skousen’s book “The Naked Communist.” (Note that today’s Progressives are just Communists with a new name).
#38 in the list of 45 states:
“Transfer some of the powers of arrest from the police to social agencies. Treat all behavioral problems as psychiatric disorders which no one but psychiatrists can understand or treat.”
“[Note: The Soviets used to send “social misfits” and those deemed politically incorrect to massive mental institutions called gulags. The Red Chinese call them lao gai. Hitler called them concentration camps.]” (Full list of 45 Communist (aka Progressive) goals found here.)
You have ideas that don’t conform to what society deems “normal?” Oh, we’ll just send you to a psychiatric ward for “psychiatric rehabilitation.”
Fourth, If this isn’t disconcerting enough for you, consider how the riots justified governors bringing in the national guard. When you defund the police, having fewer police or no police requires more national guard and perhaps even military action on American soil.
The goal is centralization of power. Some governors have gotten a taste of power they never had before COVID and now they want more. With National Guard required to keep peace, you have a state police system. Eventually they want a nationalized police state and ultimately a global police state. People who do not live in your community are much more likely to shoot or incarcerate you on demand when the government dictates.
Mark my words… something wicked this way comes.
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