TALLAHASSEE — With top law enforcement officers and legislative Republicans by his side, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced his support for a sweeping crackdown on what he called “unlawful assemblies” statewide.
DeSantis on Monday announced proposals to the Legislature that would include enhanced penalties for protesters who block traffic and protesters who participate in “disorderly assemblies.” People who gather in ways the government deems illegal will be subject to felony charges, DeSantis said.
DeSantis proposes crackdown on protesters, penalties to cities that ‘defund’ police
And for the “woke” municipalities:
DeSantis also attacked calls to “defund” the police, saying any municipality that moves to do so would lose any state funding. “Defund” can mean many different things, but DeSantis said what will be prohibited is any municipality that singles out a law enforcement agency “disproportionately” for cuts.
In a state where Hurricanes are a concern 7 months a year, the threat of state funding being cut off just for that is enough to scare the butt hairs out of any elected politician. And trying to defund LE Agencies in a state where probably half of them are heavily populated by minorities is just simply political posturing and trying to gain brownie points for re-election.
Well done, Governor.
A thought about the whole “defund” thing.
If I were cynical, I would wonder whether or not this is, in some city concillors’ minds, simply a sneaky way to try to transfer some a municipality’s budgetary expense over to the county or state. After all, if Sugarbeet City no longer has its own police, then, well, shouldn’t the county or state LEOs take on the burden?
Of course that’s what it is. Look at Chicago — the budget for their schools keeps going up, the teachers union gets a new contract in days — with better benefits — while the police have been working for year without a contract, the city’s reducing the police budget *AND* trying to change state law so police have fewer rights when accused than a criminal. They want to transfer liability to the individual officers — while maintaining sovereign immunity for the rest of the government.
“Well done, Governor.”
Yes indeed. 🙂
I can already hear the local commitard newsies furiously typing their rebutal articles, using old & busted DemonKKKrat narrative guides. But they will end up beclowning themselves, again. They never learn. SMH
Good.
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