New York Democrat Explains How Defunding Police Will Help Gangs Like MS-13
Source: AP Photo/Moises Castillo
Steve Bellone, the County Executive for New York's Suffolk County, told "Fox & Friends" on Wednesday that while county leadership understands the protests that were sparked after George Floyd's death, it is wrong to try to remedy it by defunding the police as it will help violent gangs, like MS-13.
Progressive activists and politicians across the country are calling for the defunding, and the dismantling, of police departments as they view them as being too far gone to be reformed. In Seattle, protesters are occupying a few city blocks around the police's East Precinct and have repeatedly called for the city's police department to be abolished in favor of a community-based approach.
"But this notion of defunding the police and what it implies that somehow we don’t need the police doesn’t make any sense. It may make for catchy slogan at a protest, but as a matter of public policy, it just doesn’t work," Bellone, a Democrat, said.
"The fact of the matter is crime has not gone away. Every day there are bad people out there trying to do bad things and it could be property crimes, violent crimes, domestic violence incidents. We have our police officers breaking up sex trafficking rings and battling brutal criminal organizations like MS-13 to get them off our streets. Just this past week we had somebody walk into one of our local hospitals with a backpack that had explosives and hatchet concealed and it was an off-duty police officer that saw something suspicious that ultimately allowed our detectives to apprehend this individual and prevent a tragedy from happening," he continued.
Bellone praised the over 100 protests that have occurred within the county as being peaceful and said they have not experienced any of the destructive looting that the rest of the country experienced.
"I think as we move forward and look at criminal justice here in the state, they are starting to look at the court system and how do we make that independent, how we select judges. I think this isn’t just policing. We need to have a broader conversation. The police are out there doing the most difficult work, putting their own safety on the line every day. And we need to recognize that even in the midst of what is happening in our country," he said.
Drugs, Migrants Found in Arizona Stash House near Border
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Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents discovered a human stash house on Friday. The raid followed a traffic stop by Nogales, Arizona, police officers which identified two Mexican illegal immigrants in a vehicle.
Nogales Station Border Patrol agents responded on Friday to a request for assistance from the city’s police department after an officer stopped a vehicle believed to be carrying migrants from Mexico, according to information obtained from Tucson Sector Border Patrol officials. Agents responded and identified the two passengers of a Honda sedan as Mexican nationals illegally present in the United States. The agents arrested the driver and the two smuggled aliens and transported them to the station for processing and investigation.
Border Patrol agents contacted U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations special agents questioned the two aliens and leaned about a nearby human smuggling stash house, officials stated. The Border Patrol and HSI agents went to the residence and found 21 Mexican nationals inside the home. Officials stated all 21 were illegally present in the United States.
During a search of the property, the agents also found two pounds of fentanyl.
Agents transported the 21 Mexican nationals to the Nogales Station where they undergo a medical screening and criminal background investigation. During the criminal background records check, the agents identified one of the Mexican men as a previously deported member of the Surenos street gang.
The gang member now faces federal felony charges for illegal re-entry after removal as a member of a dangerous gang. If convicted he could face up to 20 years in federal prison.
The agents arrested the driver of the Honda sedan carrying the first two migrants. He faces federal felony charges relating to human smuggling.
Officials did not disclose if they found a manager of the stash house or if anyone is being charged in connection to the fentanyl discovered in the stash house.
The remaining illegal immigrants will be processed for removal under Title 42 Coronavirus protection protocols put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Nearly all migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents are currently being removed under those protocol upon completion of a medical screening and biometric background investigation.
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