sounds good, but why do I have a feeling these will all be red state cities?
Ah yes, the 34-time convicted felon will surely restore law and order…
Trump flexing one of his only two moves again: reward friends, punish enemies.
The red state welfare system continues. So if they are “restoring law” with this money, are they accidentally admitting that these GOP run cities are lawless shitholes?
These republican freeloaders are going to suck the public tit till it dries up and falls off.
Stealing taxpayer dollars from the profitable states to give to the shitty cult states
You simply can’t believe conservatives when they say “but we can’t afford _____”
Washington DC could start by throwing all the criminals into jail that are roaming the white house right now.
Because “Restoring Law and Order” is a dog whistle for systematically racist policing.
I can guarantee that a city like Baltimore will not see a dollar of this even though the City’s tactics have brought about a historic crime reduction without significantly increasing police spending (For reference, Baltimore has reduced it’s homicide rate by about 72% in just 4 years).
I fucking hope they keep it in red state cities. More cops, more AI, more surveillance does fuck all to actually help anyone (who isn’t either a cop or part of the epstein class). You’ll note there’s a long list of things that money can be spent on, but I guarantee you that the vast, vast majority of those funds will go to more gestapo and more surveillance.
On the bright side, $300M is basically nothing on the scale of this country, so really, this is only news to axon, flock, motorolla, and other fasc-tech companies.
Red state cities are almost inevitably the thorn in the side of the state because they are the last bastion of blue. I live in a blue city in a very, very red state. If we have a protest or rally the haters will drive across the state to harass us. Our cops already hate us. The state targets our mayor and city council with gross overreach to force Republican values that the city is using its capacity to prevent from being forced on the citizens that shouldn’t have to live with them. Cities are also often more diverse. They will absolutely put this money into red states because it’ll help fuel the suppression of opposition.
On the bright side, $300M is basically nothing on the scale of this country
It’s still a waste of money that should be benefitting rather than harming the public.
Restoring law and order, by ignoring the laws and upsetting the semblance of order.
Flaw and odor
Top two stated priorities are higher cop headcounts and weapons for those cops, so it doesn’t sound any good to me no matter where they apply it.
