CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 9, 2020
HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN THINGS HAVE GONE TOO FAR? HOW ABOUT SHOOTING RANDOMLY AT PEOPLE, LOOTING AND CALLING FOR POLICE DEPARTMENTS ACROSS THE NATION TO HAVE THEIR PAY CUT, OR ELIMINATED.
THE MINNEAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL HAS VOTED TO ELIMINATE ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT IN THE WAKE OF GEORGE FLOYD’S DEATH. SINCE MOST CRIMES IN INNER CITIES ARE IN MINORITY NEIGHBORHOODS AND MOST VICTIMS ARE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, HAS ANYONE CONSIDERED HOW DOING AWAY WITH THE POLICE WOULD AFFECT THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS?
KEY DEMOCRATS HAVE TAMPED DOWN THE “DEFUND THE POLICE” MOVEMENT, THOUGH THEY SAY THERE SHOULD BE A RE-EXAMINATION OF HOW SUCH MONEY IS SPENT. THEY PLAN TO ANNOUNCE LEGISLATION DESIGNED TO SET NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOW STATE AND LOCAL POLICE OPERATE.
WILL THEY ALSO SET NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR HOW CRIMINALS OPERATE? IF POLICE ARE PUT UNDER EVEN MORE RESTRAINTS, THAT MEANS THE CRIMINALS WILL HAVE MORE OPPORTUNITIES TO COMMIT CRIMES AND TO SHOOT THE POLICE. WE SHOULD NOT ACT ON EMOTION OR BE INTIMIDATED INTO DOING SOMETHING WE WILL LATER REGRET. I’M CAL THOMAS.
