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From: brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com
On Aug 19, 2025 at 3:06:02 PM MST, "Governor Swill" wrote
:
> On 19 Aug 2025 18:47:53 GMT, Brock McNuggets
> wrote:
>
>> On Aug 19, 2025 at 8:11:47?AM MST, "Governor Swill" wrote
>> :
>>
>>> On Tue, 19 Aug 2025 08:56:59 -0500, chrisv
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Brock McNuggets wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> chrisv wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Community Oriented Policing Services" (COPS) are not regular police.
>>>>>> They are the "police substitute" that leftists push. None of your
>>>>>> cites shows republicans wanting to defund regular, state and local
>>>>>> police. Only federal agencies which have become bloated and
>>>>>> politically biased.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As for what cities "defunded" the police, many of them did, only to
>>>>>> later reverse themselves after crime shot up. (Gosh, who would have
>>>>>> seen that coming? Not a leftist, I guess.)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defund_the_police
>>>>>
>>>>> COPS isn't a "substitute," it's a DOJ grant program to hire more sworn
>>>>> officers.
>>>>
>>>> That's not what it says here: https://cops.usdoj.gov/aboutcops and
>>>> it's a federal thing in any case.
>>>
>>> That's what he just said, Chris! He wrote: "it's a DOJ grant
>>> program". DOJ is FEDERAL. Further, your own cite below shows him
>>> correct in COPS' purpose.
>>>
>>> "The COPS Office awards grants to hire community policing
>>> professionals, "
>>>
>>> You do seem to enjoy being wrong.
>>>
>>> "The COPS program, officially known as the Community Oriented Policing
>>> Services program, is a component of the U.S. Department of Justice
>>> that aims to advance community policing in jurisdictions across the
>>> United States. It provides funding and resources to state, local, and
>>> tribal law enforcement agencies to implement community policing
>>> strategies. These strategies include hiring and training officers,
>>> purchasing technology, and developing innovative policing approaches."
>>> - AI
>>>
>>>> It was extremely dishonest of you and Swill to try to make it seem
>>>> like it's the Republicans who wanted to "defund the police". 180
>>>> degrees from reality!
>>>
>>> Another lie. I never claimed Republicans wanted to defund the police.
>>
>> But they have.
>>
>> Republican Study Committee (RSC), backed by around 80% of House Republicans
>> and 100% of House Republican leadership -- calls for defunding the
Department
>> of Justices Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program.
>>
>> https://democrats-budget.house.gov/news/press-releases/gop-bu
get-would-defund-police-shows-new-data-budget-committee-democrats
>>
>> https://dccc.org/house-republicans-caught-red-handed-actively
attempting-to-defund-law-enforcement/
>>
>> Default on America Act would slash up to $10 billion from federal law
>> enforcement, including:
>>
>> * $2.8 billion cut to the FBI
>> * Cuts to Capitol Police and reductions in federal grants to local
>> departments.
>> (Also cuts $580 million from federal prosecutors)
>>
>> https://dccc.org/the-house-republican-history-of-voting-to-de
und-law-enforcement/
>>
>> Lots of other examples. For example, at least some Republicans sought to
kill
>> funding for 11,000 FBI personnel:
>>
>> https://congressionalintegrity.org/report-republicans-went-fr
m-tough-on-crime-to-defund-the-fbi/
>
> Thank you.
You are welcome.
>
> These are more recent and not related to 2020 or the George
> Floyd/defund the police connection.
True.
>
> Republicans in general have been pushing even harder for LEO defunding
> since Jan 20, 2025.
Yup.
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