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Our distinguished Attorney General and laid-off Keebler Elf, The Hon. Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, hereinafter "JeffyBeau," for brevity, Got Real Tough on America's cities today.
It's all about Enforcing the LAW, doncha know.
To make Americans SAFE.
From Terrible, Horrible, Awful, Violent People.
And to be sure that America's Cities know it's their JOB to keep people safe, JeffyBeau sez this:
"Y'all ENFORCE the laws, and y'all COOPERATE with Federal Law Enforcement to keep folks safe, or NO MORE DOJ GRANT SUGAR FOR YOU!"
Oh, wait.
Just a minute, that's not *precisely* what he said.
Let's say, he made a good START on saying that.
But it was way, way more limited.
He didn't include a few things.
Like, um... racially or religiously motivated hate crimes covered by Federal statutes.
Or, um... violations of the Federal Violence Against Women Act.
Or, hmmmm, lessee... not even various RICO-related crimes that involve violence tied to organized crime and gangs.
So apparently, the only kind of Terrible, Horrible, Awful, Violent People JeffyBeau is concerned about are the Bad Hombres that commit a teeny-tiny minority of violent crimes in America's Cities.
But that teeny-tiny minority is enough to cut off their DOJ Grant largesse. And maybe even claw back previous crime-fighting money from the DOJ.
JeffyBeau, honey, do y'all mind a little friendly advice?
Just sayin' here... You are the folksy lawyer-type and all, and I'm merely one of those Democrat Lefty Libtard Obstructionist Observers, but all the same, here's how it 'pears to me:
Remember the grounds on which various Federal Court Judges enjoined against enforcement of the Muslim Ban 1.0 and the New Improved Muslim Ban 2.0?
That they picked on a particular class of people? Denying due process based on factors that could just possibly be construed as discriminatory?
Well, JeffyBeau darlin'... I can pretty much GUARANTEE you that right now, even as I'm typing this, there are some mighty slick, well-funded attorneys, on retainer for some of America's biggest cities, putting together a helluva case to show how, if DOJ is going to say it's okay to pull out the sugar for them not co-operating with ICE, y'all better be ready to put the same kind of muscle behind cooperation with Federal enforcement of ALL KINDS of violent crime related to Federal Statutes.
Including, like, the far more common kinds, like, you know: Violence against women. Hate Crimes. Stuff like that.
Of course, to prove you're serious about all that, the DOJ better show a proportional enthusiasm for getting local law enforcement cooperation in pursuing THOSE nasty, bad, violent criminals.
Of which, there are a WHOLE LOT MORE.
Numerically speaking, as it were. And proportionally, too.
So, JeffyBeau, when do we get the rest of it?
I'm waiting.... ::taps foot::
::looks at watch::
Waiting...
impatiently,
Bright
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)Narrative from Trump/Treason to all those Liberals defending all them Brown people. Our Press is so compromised by the Corporations that the truth is slow to emerge.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,704 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)anytime soon. I for one am in the camp,we have to make sure once and for all they crash and burn in their own propaganda and hatred.
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)I myself am absolutely CERTAIN that ol' JeffyBeau is thinking ENTIRELY of the good of America's urban dwellers.
'Cause he loves all those city folk.
And doesn't want them to suffer from the point-zero-whatever percent of violent crimes committed by Brown Furriners.
It has NOTHING WHATSO-EVAH to do with trying to keep anyone from noticing the metaphorical spinach on the teeth of the Administration.
Or the real spinach on Spicey's teeth, either.
So THERE.
charitably,
Bright
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)What is interesting is,how the citizens of Alabama have not figured out hgeneow much he is screwing them and generations to come.
TygrBright
(20,733 posts)Alabamans have been opening hearts and pockets to folksy con artists for decades, as long as the con pitch is sufficiently racist.
wearily,
Bright