Via Insty:
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) said New York City’s proposed $1 billion cut from the police department budget tiptoes around demands from activists who are asking for a reduced police presence.
Though the plan proposed by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) cuts one-sixth of the New York Police Department (NYPD) budget, activists note that much of it would be transferred to other city departments, including the Department of Education, where it could pay for police in schools. Activists have advocated for removing officers from schools altogether.
“Defunding police means defunding police,” the congresswoman said in a statement. “It does not mean budget tricks or funny math. It does not mean moving school police officers from the NYPD budget to the Department of Education’s budget so the exact same police remain in schools.”
—The Hill, June 30th, 2020, at the height of left’s riot, arson, and looting season.
How it’s going: The Fruits of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s Labors: A 70% increase in Violent Crime in Her District.
Last year, AOC was hoping to be named to the top spot on the powerful Oversight Committee. Pelosi blocked her ascension, proving to AOC that moving up in the Democratic Party will be harder than she thought.
Through all of this political maneuvering to further her career, AOC has forgotten the people who got her to where she is: her long-suffering constituents. From 2019 to 2025, murder, rape, robbery, felony assault, burglary, grand larceny and auto theft have jumped 70%.
You might claim that a congresswoman’s actions or inactions have little to do with the crime rate. That would be true if AOC hadn’t been a prominent voice in the “Defund the Police” movement.
“The 115th Precinct, which also serves part of Roosevelt Avenue in addition to Jackson Heights, East Elmhurst, and north Corona, saw major offenses rise by 85%” reports the New York Post.
Ocasio-Cortez’s district takes in two police districts that are among the worst in the city. And some residents are pointing the finger at Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
“She’s not doing shit. She doesn’t live in the neighborhood, she doesn’t care,” said Elmhurst resident Guadelupe Alvarez, who has lived in the neighborhood her entire life.
Here’s a quick question for “Elmhurst resident Guadelupe Alvarez”:
Did you vote for AOC in the past couple/three elections?
If you did, then you got what you wanted.
If you didn’t, then all the other people who did are also getting what they deserve*.
Vote for Commies, get government run according to Communist principles.
Tell your sob story to someone who cares.
*Or, as H.L. Mencken once put it: “Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.”
In a just world, the NYPD would pull all the cops out of her district (calling it “ultimate defunding”) and AOC herself would be mugged and gang-raped by a pack of illegal aliens in front of her home.
pull as much of the police out of AOC’s district would be delightful. The GOP might actually win. Just run the candidate as a Democrat in the primary, DINO style.
The worst part of living in a “democracy” is that the decent people get dragged along with the demented.
Democracy – a system where we do what the majority of idiots wants to do.
The USA is a Republic. “If we can keep it”. I guess that experiment failed.
First off, I do NOT agree with democrats or commies however I have no issue defunding the police to much less funding than they have. Many (not all) are thugs with badges used as an arm of the govt to violate citizens rights. Think the cops are your friends? Think again. Remember during Covid cops all over the country threatened and arrested people for not wearing a face diaper (mask) and for not getting the vax and entering places without said jab. The fed and local govt’s fired police that refused the jab themselves. All while millions upon millions of illegal immigrants invaded the country and did whatever the fuck they wanted and the police did dick shit to stop this. Fucking oath breaking cock suckers.
All of the above being said, before we defund any police let’s defund the politicians. No pensions for political service. Same healthcare plans as everyone else. You pay for your own security and transportation.
And don’t give me any term limit bullshit. We have term limits every election, it’s called the election. If the idiots voting allow the same fools to continue to win (either by fraud or by voting for the idiots) then term limits won’t do a fucking thing either. Same shit different idiot is all that would accomplish.
One way to start defunding the politicians and the govt is to eliminate the federal income tax. Only have consumption tax.
# Income tax is slavery
# Defund the politicians
# Fuck oath breakers
Personally, I want to see that horse faced cunt try to do math.
That would be funny (or sad seeing what stupid filth has infiltrated government).
AOC has a degree in economics from Boston University. she deserves a refund