Austin Council Members Want to Defund Local Police and Demolish Their Headquarters

[Elderberry]

Texas Scorecard By Jacob Asmussen July 29, 2020

Austin Council Members Want to Defund Local Police and Demolish Their Headquarters

“Nothing is more symbolic of recent efforts to defund the police than this scheme to demolish Austin Police Headquarters.”

After recent riots swept the nation and left behind a trail of burned cities, destroyed livelihoods, and murdered citizens, Austin City Council members are now pushing to significantly defund local police and even demolish their headquarters.

This week, three councilmembers—two Democrats and one self-proclaimed Democratic Socialist—proposed cutting out various parts of the Austin Police Department, with the stated goal of ultimately removing at least $100 million, a quarter of the budget, from the already understaffed force.

In the initial proposed city budget for next year, City Manager Spencer Cronk cut 100 vacant sworn police positions and delayed the July 2020 cadet class, but now councilmembers are adding in their own ideas. Councilmembers Leslie Pool and Socialist Greg Casar proposed cuts that include removing money from previously scheduled police cadet classes, closing the police academy for a year, cutting the department’s overtime budget, and cutting the bomb squad’s budget.

The council would take most of the money and spend it elsewhere on social services, and Casar said when the council finishes coming up with all of their police cuts, “we can reach an over $100 million change in the police budget toward progressive change.”

Councilmember Jimmy Flannigan, however, took his colleagues’ ideas even further—saying they should also demolish the police building downtown.

More: https://texasscorecard.com/local/austin-council-members-want-to-defund-local-police-and-demolish-their-headquarters/

[DB]

The left cannot learn from history or reason.

They do what is destine to fail because the leftest who came before them who failed did it wrong. And they are certain they have the wisdom to make it work this time. No matter the consequences only the intentions ultimately matter. These are the same people who can't figure who is male or who is female. They are disconnected from reality.

So let them do it.

And let them suffer the consequences.

Somebody voted for these idiots.

And absolutely no one should bail them out.

[sneakypete]

What could possibly go wrong with such a clever plan in place?

[IsailedawayfromFR]

Anyone who treats the police as the enemy are in fact the real enemy.