Gov. Christie agrees to send state troopers to Baltimore
Source: New Jersey News 12
TRENTON - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has agreed to send 150 state troopers and staff to help law enforcement in Baltimore amid ongoing riots.
Read more: http://newjersey.news12.com/news/new-jersey-gov-chris-christie-agrees-to-send-state-troopers-to-baltimore-1.10342645
This is so wrong. Law enforcement from another state should not be used to police.
geek tragedy
(68,868 posts)show some real leadership?
tularetom
(23,664 posts)And if so, WTF were they thinking?
Is he sending a film crew along with them so he can use the footage in his (hopefully brief) presidential campaign where he attempts to impress right wingers that he can push minorities around with the best of them.
wordpix
(18,652 posts)of making a big political show
candelista
(1,986 posts)That's how these things work.
tularetom
(23,664 posts)otherwise they won't respect him.
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,325 posts).. no, wait ...
olddots
(10,237 posts)but who would hire him for that job ?
LiberalEsto
(22,845 posts)There's nothing like a gaggle of racist NJ troopers to stir the pot and make things worse.
Ruby the Liberal
(26,219 posts)lark
(23,065 posts)Can't miss this opportunity to support murdering lawless policemen by murdering more folks. Doesn't want Baltimore cops to get all the fun.
candelista
(1,986 posts)The governor of Maryland had to ask for this.
Christie could have called and volunteered them, you know? Actually I didn't hear who called whom first, but still Christie is reveling in this opportunity to look tough for the racist base.
candelista
(1,986 posts)I have a feeling an indictment is in his future.
candelista
(1,986 posts)The Governor of Maryland must have asked Christie to send troops, which means that the Maryland National Guard is not enough.
JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,325 posts)Especially if they've been patrolling other, much drier, cities.
Larry Engels
(387 posts)I know this from experience.
Lurks Often
(5,455 posts)I spent 3 years in a Military Police company and we trained for crowd control ONCE in those three years, right before we were deployed to Panama to support the regular Army MP's who were manning camps holding the Cuban refugees in 1994 and 1995.
Of course the military being the military, I think only our attached medics ever went to the camps and the rest of us performed garrison duty (essentially acting as regular police on a US base) for two weeks. We hadn't trained for garrison duty either at any time prior to our deployment.
BumRushDaShow
(128,527 posts)from their checkered past (which has still not been completely purged) -
http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/timeline_of_nj_state_police_struggles_with_racial_discrimination.html
They were the hotbed of racial profiling back in the late '80s and early '90s, finally bringing the issue of "driving while black" to the fore of national attention.
sweetapogee
(1,168 posts)is sending 300 state police to Balto.
Read more: http://www.wfmz.com/news/300-Pennsylvania-State-Police-personnel-to-aid-in-Baltimore/32638234