Handcuffing the Police |
That self-appointed know-it-all, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, once described the New York City Police Department as “racist, anti-queer, and a major threat to public safety.” He later specifically called to “Defund the NYPD."
Darializa Avila Chevalier, a DSA congressional candidate endorsed by Mamdani, deleted an X account, which included thousands of posts and reposts showing support for abolishing the police along with prisons and our national border.
Defeated gubernatorial candidate Francesca Hong, as a Wisconsin state assembly member, posted that she supported "defunding the police as a first step towards abolishing the police.” Later she elaborated, “Police exist to uphold white supremacy. Defund, then abolish. Reform can't be an option.”
Other DSA politicians? Not much better. They can change their tune during campaigns, but they can’t change their stripes. Regardless, when police are intentionally hindered, everyone suffers.
In blue cities across the country, it has become axiomatic that the police are viewed as inadequate to serve the community. If officers respond quickly and put down a disturbance, they are accused of overreacting. This is especially true if the disturbance involves black Americans. If they are slow to arrive, or are lenient in their administration of the law, they are accused of being ineffectual.
In other words, they are criticized no matter what they do. Local reporting on police activity virtually never results in favorable press. Indeed, much of the fakestream media, particularly in blue cities, appears eager to........