Submitted by: Terry Payne
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti has proposed cutting $100 million to $150
million from the Los Angeles Police Department budget to reinvest it in
communities of color.
Do you think this conspicuous pitting of cops against minorities is
accidental? If LA officials want to increase expenditures to minority
communities, why gut the police budget? The obvious answer is that Garcetti
is sending a message that cops are the bad guys and punishing them somehow
helps minority communities. Neither minorities nor anyone else will benefit
from emasculating the police force."
Perhaps Garcetti should start first with gutting his own security force
detail in a sign of solidarity against the very people who prevent his
mansion from being ransacked.
No comments:
Post a Comment