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Martial Law might be going a bit far but the shootings need to stop.
It is odd how Obama never did much for his hometown in trying to stop the carnage but the excuse for inactivity was often tied to racial profiling and the evil overlord racist cops coming down on the poor black kids.
Stop and Frisk works and Sorry all you PC Social Justice Warriors but if the black teens are shooting the black teens in black neighborhoods then guess what it is not racial profiling but it is Police going to the source of the trouble and doing their jobs.
Obama released hundreds of felons from prison right before he left office and many of those were in for drug and firearm offenses. Why?
There is a new sheriff in town and it is refreshing to know that he is going to be tough on crime.
Next he should help lapage with his state's drug problem, white teens let's stop and frisk away.
Answer this question. Are you willing to have change at the expense of having a police state and certain freedoms being taken away? Yes or no? This is not an open-ended question, so do not answer it as such.
They are fine as long as it's other people's rights and freedoms which are being taken away. You know the poem that begins: "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Socialist..."
When he comes for the idiots who voted for him there will be no one left to speak for them.
Answer this question. Are you willing to have change at the expense of having a police state and certain freedoms being taken away? Yes or no? This is not an open-ended question, so do not answer it as such.
Lets get this straight. I don't allow anyone but the moderators to place limits on what I say.
I have seen the idea and definition of what a police state is according to different perspectives.
Your question is ignorant of evidence designed to box in anyone who would answer it. Not worthy of a answer with your limitations nor in the interest of discussion.
President Trump is a softy compared to me. I would instate Martial Law in areas of Chicago with no hesitation.
None of the fedguvs business. Funny how the GOP is all about small govt and adherence to the constitution until they are ones pulling the levers.
If anything need be done at the fed level,Trump should be advocating to end the drug war.
States rights any GOP'ers?
There's a federal department involved in public health stuff like zika and there have been people who say the murder plague in Chicago should be treated like a public health crisis. The feds have used slimmer threads to grab things with.
Atlanta, Philadelphia, D.C., Baltimore, Memphis, Miami, and several others have issues worse than Chicago. Even Houston has a higher violent crime rate I believe, but that's in the crazed alt-right Holy Land of Texas, so it gets a pass. Chicago is home to over 2.7 million people - something that gets lost on people because the raw numbers are so shocking. I don't even think Chicago is in the top twenty for violent crime. Regardless, the shootings need to be addressed, but how is the big question. These people don't have educations, don't have stable family lives, and don't have any employment prospects. It's not something you can fix overnight by putting the military on the streets. The second they're gone, the killings will start up again.
Houston is Democratic, and no, the violent crime rate is lower than Chicago's. We're gun toting liberals, and I know because I live here Houston's large cities are Democrat, and the overall more populated rural areas are Republican, which is why it is a red state.
"If Chicago doesn't fix the horriblIe "carnage" going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!"
What do you think "send in the Feds" means? I doubt it'll be a bunch of federal librarians handing out books.
I saw the tweet, nowhere in there does it say anything about troops.
I came to this thread, and I'm seeing people talk about martial law, and troops being sent in, so I was wondering how I missed all of these announcements.
Is there any confirmation of troops, or martial law?
Just end the war on drugs, and I can guarantee the murder rate will reduce drastically
No it won't. They will ALWAYS find a reason to kill each other, like "disrespecting" someone.
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