Post by Portiaami on Jun 8, 2020 15:51:04 GMT
Dan Bongino: Defunding police 'the single most catastrophic, deadly public policy decision' in modern history
www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dan-bongino-defunding-police-the-single-most-catastrophic-deadly-public-policy-decision-in-modern-history
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino excoriated calls for defunding police departments which have emanated from the George Floyd protests.
Bongino, a former New York City Police Department officer and Secret Service agent, labeled the movement "the single most catastrophic, deadly public policy decision we've seen in the modern history of the United States," during an interview Monday morning on Fox & Friends. He prefaced that claim by saying that he was not being "hyperbolic."
"Make absolutely no mistake about it. People will die. Real people. Not Hollywood nonsense. Not movie types. Real people, kids, teenagers, and adults will die. Think about the continuum from low-level property crime to murderers and terrorists. The message that sends to all of them," he added.
Without law enforcement, Bongino speculated people would jump the turnstiles at metro stations, before noting that social workers are not trained "to go face to face with a murderer or a terrorist."
The mantra to "defund the police" has become a rallying cry during protests that have taken place since the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes despite his pleas for air.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dan-bongino-defunding-police-the-single-most-catastrophic-deadly-public-policy-decision-in-modern-history
Conservative commentator Dan Bongino excoriated calls for defunding police departments which have emanated from the George Floyd protests.
Bongino, a former New York City Police Department officer and Secret Service agent, labeled the movement "the single most catastrophic, deadly public policy decision we've seen in the modern history of the United States," during an interview Monday morning on Fox & Friends. He prefaced that claim by saying that he was not being "hyperbolic."
"Make absolutely no mistake about it. People will die. Real people. Not Hollywood nonsense. Not movie types. Real people, kids, teenagers, and adults will die. Think about the continuum from low-level property crime to murderers and terrorists. The message that sends to all of them," he added.
Without law enforcement, Bongino speculated people would jump the turnstiles at metro stations, before noting that social workers are not trained "to go face to face with a murderer or a terrorist."
The mantra to "defund the police" has become a rallying cry during protests that have taken place since the death of George Floyd on Memorial Day. Floyd, a 46-year-old black man, died after a white Minneapolis police officer knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes despite his pleas for air.
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