Trump Gets Tough On Crime

TODAY DONALD TRUMP
TURNED HIS EXECUTIVE ORDERS ON
CRIME AND PUBLIC SAFETY BOTH HERE AND ACROSS THE BORDER
INSIDE MEXICO.
THERE ARE THREE EXECUTIVE ORDERS WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT TOP
OF FIRST HERE'S OUR PRESIDENT SIGNING THESE ORDERS.
TO THE TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN PREVENTING
INTERNATIONAL TRAFFICKING.
THANK YOU.
CRIME REDUCTION AND PUBLIC
SAFETY.
PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST FEDERAL, STATE, TRIBAL,
AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, VERY IMPORTANT.
ALL VERY IMPORTANT.
I DIDN'T REALIZE, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT THAT WAS?
THAT IS THE
FIRST TIME HE HAS SEEN THOSE.
YEAH, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS THE FIRST TIME HE READ THOSE.
IT REMINDED ME OF WHEN I AM IN THE OFFICE EVERY TIME I GET A
NEW CAR.
BUT I AM GOING TO LARGELY SAY THAT BASED ON MY
READING, THEY ARE NOT AS INSANE AT LEAST AT FIRST GLANCE AS
OTHER THINGS HE HAS DONE AS PRESIDENT.
WE WILL BREAK DOWN
THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS.
CONSIDERING THIS IS AN AREA
WHERE HE SAID A LOT OF SCARY THINGS, I DON'T FIND THEM TO BE
ALL THAT RIDICULOUS.
WHAT MIGHT COME OUT OF THEM COULD BE, BUT IT IS NOT THE
SCARY STAY UNDER TRUMPED OUT
BEFORE YOU DO SO, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR THE RECORD THAT TWO
STOCKS DID VERY WELL TODAY.
THEY INCLUDE CORE CIVIC WHICH USED TO
BE CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICA, A PRIVATE PRISON, AND
ALSO GEO GROUP THE SECOND
LARGEST FOR PROFIT PRISON ORGANIZATION.
THAT REACTION
SHOULD ESSENTIALLY GIVE YOU A SIGN THAT MORE PEOPLE ARE
GOING TO GET LOCKED UP.
WE KNEW A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO THAT WE SHOULD HAVE INVESTED IN
THAT, WE CHOSE NOT TO.
KNOWING WHAT SOMEONE LIKE TRUMP IS LIKELY TO DO YOU CAN
PRETTY MUCH PREDICT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THE MARKET.
IF YOU HAD NO MORALS AND YEAH, WE WOULD INVEST IN PRIVATE
PRISONS.
BUT I JUST CAN'T DO IT.
ALL THREE OF THESE EXECUTIVE ORDERS SET UP ADVISORY BOARDS
THAT WILL DO INVESTIGATIONS INTO AREAS OF CRIME REDUCTION,
SPECIFICALLY AGAINST LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS AND TRANSNATIONAL CRIMINAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING ORGANIZATIONS.
THESE
SET UP GROUPS WILL CONSULT WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, NONPROFITS, ALL
THAT STUFF.
THEN THEY WILL BEGIN PUTTING OUT REPORTS ON WHAT THEY
FIND AND WILL PUT TOGETHER SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PRESIDENT ON
POLICIES THAT HE CAN PURSUE IN
THOSE AREAS.
ALL THREE OF THOSE AREAS SEEM OKAY AT FIRST GLANCE.
YEAH, WE WANT CRIME TO BE REDUCED.
WE DON'T WANT A SINGLE
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER BEING
KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY.
AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS AND HUMAN
TRAFFICKERS, WE WANT THOSE TO BE DISRUPTED AS WELL.
SO THE
MISSION HERE IS NOT A BAD THING, BUT IN EACH OF THESE I FOUND A
SECTION OR TWO THAT IS A LITTLE
BIT CONCERNING.
FIRST OF ALL WHEN IT COMES TO THE CRIME
REDUCTION AND PUBLIC SAFETY, THE WAY IT IS BEING FRAMED IS A
LITTLE BIT DISINGENUOUS AND
MANIPULATIVE.
THOSE ARE THE THREE THREATS TO PUBLIC SAFETY
THEY TALK ABOUT.
VIOLENT CRIME IS A BAD THING.
BETWEEN 1994 AND
2014 THE FBI SAYS IT WENT DOWN
BY A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE, BUT TO SAY THAT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND
DRUG TRAFFICKING ARE THREE OF THE BIGGEST THREATS TO PUBLIC
SAFETY IS NOT BACKED UP BY DATA AND IS USED TO FEARMONGER.
THOSE ARE NOT THE BIGGEST THREATS FACING OUR COUNTRY.
WHAT DO YOU BELIEVE ARE THE BIGGEST THREATS?
GUNS.
AND THEY HAVE ñ THEY ARE PLANNING ON ROLLING BACK
WHATEVER FEDERAL REGULATIONS WE HAVE IN REGARD TO GUNS.
EXACTLY.
THE SHEER AMOUNT OF GUNS LEADS TO DEBTS OF TONS OF
PEOPLE.
I WOULD SAY FLOODING OF NARCOTICS AND OPIOIDS INTO THE
MARKET, FULLY ILLEGALLY, IT IS NOT A CRIME, THAT IS THE SORT OF
DRUG PROBLEMS I THINK WE HAVE THAT CERTAINLY KILLS A LOT. AND
I WOULD SAY PROBABLY PROVOCATIONS WITH IRAN IS
PROBABLY GOING TO BE PRETTY
SCARY COMING UP SOON.
BUT IF YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
VIOLENT CRIME THAT IS FINE, BUT THIS IDEA THAT ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS ARE ONE OF THE CHIEF SOURCES OF VIOLENCE IN THE
COUNTRY IS NOT TRUE.
WE ACTUALLY SPOKE ABOUT SO-CALLED SANCTUARY CITIES, AND
THE LEVEL OF CRIME IN THOSE CITIES VERSUS CRIME AND OTHER
METROPOLITAN AREAS.
FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT
SANCTUARY CITIES ARE, THEY ARE CITIES WHERE LAWMAKERS DO NOT
PLAN ON MAKING LAW ENFORCEMENT GO AFTER UNDOCUMENTED
IMMIGRANTS.
THEY ARE LIKE SAFE HAVENS FOR PEOPLE WHO DO NOT
HAVE DOCUMENTATION TO BE HERE.
DONALD TRUMP KEEPS PUSHING THIS
NARRATIVE THAT THESE ARE CRIME-RIDDEN AREAS.
THAT IS NOT
THE CASE.
FBI DATA INDICATES THAT THESE SANCTUARY CITIES ON
AVERAGE TEND TO BE SAFER THAN OTHER MAJOR CITIES THAT ARE NOT
SANCTUARY CITIES.
IN SOME CASES IT IS THE SAME LEVEL OF CRIME.
IT'S FEAR MONGERING AND I AGREE THAT UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS
MAKING THE COUNTRY LESS SAFE IS
RIDICULOUS.
DRUG TRAFFICKING IS RIDICULOUS.
WE NEED TO HONE IN
ON WHAT IS GOING ON WITH OUR
PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY AND THE COZY TIES IT HAS WITH DOCTORS.
AND THEN FINALLY THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC.
YOU ARE NOT GOING TO
CLEAN UP A HEROIN EPIDEMIC UNLESS YOU PROVIDE THESE PEOPLE
WITH REAL REHABILITATION AND
PROVIDE THEM A WAY OF WEANING THEMSELVES OFF THIS DRUG.
I'M
CURIOUS TO SEE HOW HE PLANS ON
TACKLING THAT, BUT THAT IS AN ISSUE THAT I THINK YOU NEED A
MORE PROGRESSIVE APPROACH FOR.
I WOULD ADD ñ WE HAVE BEEN A GREAT JOB OF GETTING DEATHS FROM
VIOLENT CRIME TO GO DOWN.
WE DESERVE CREDIT FOR THAT AS A
COUNTRY.
BUT WE HAVEN'T BEEN
ABLE TO GET THE RATE AT WHICH OUR POLICE OFFICERS ARE KILLING
CIVILIANS, ESPECIALLY UNARMED, DOWN TO THE SAME LEVEL THEY ARE
AT AND OTHER WESTERN NATIONS.
I THINK WE CAN PERHAPS PUT A
LITTLE BIT OF WORK GETTING THAT
DOWN?
THE THINGS THAT COMPANIES
ARE ALLOWED TO PUMP INTO OUR ENVIRONMENT AND OUR BODIES, I
THINK THOSE THINGS ARE HUGE THREATS THEY JUST DON'T COME AT
THE BARREL OF A GUN.
BUT THE THINGS WE ARE ALLOWED TO PUT
INTO THE WATER, AIR, FOOD, THINGS THAT PEOPLE CONSUME THAT
LEAD TO THE NINE OUT OF 10 CAUSES OF DEATH THAT ARE COMMON,
I THINK THOSE ARE HUGE PUBLIC
SAFETY ISSUES.
THEY DON'T COME AT YOU WITH A KNIFE, YOU COME AT THEM WITH A
FORK ACTUALLY.
WE HAVE A STORY ABOUT LEAD LEVELS IN SCHOOLS IN THE BRONX.
IN THIS CASE IN THE BRONX IN NEW YORK IT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN
FLINT.
IT HAS TO DO WITH OUR CRUMBLING INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE
FACT THAT A LOT OF THE SCHOOLS
RELY ON EXTREMELY OLD PIPES.
YOU ARE RIGHT.
IF WE ARE CONCERNED
ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY THESE ARE ISSUES THAT WE NEED TO
TACKLE.
BUT A LOT OF HIS EMPHASIS IS ON THE TYPES OF
THINGS THAT I BELIEVE MISINFORMED AMERICANS ARE SCARED
OF.
YOU LOOK AT THE TREND IN AMERICA REGARDING VIOLENT CRIME,
AND IT HAS BEEN GOING DOWN.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO PROTECT
COPS, DON'T GET ME WRONG.
THERE WERE A LOT OF HORRENDOUS
SITUATIONS ñ COPS WERE AMBUSHED AND KILLED, AND YOU ONCE PROTECT
THEM, I UNDERSTAND THAT.
THE SECOND OF THE THREE EXECUTIVE ORDERS IS PREVENTING
VIOLENCE AGAINST FEDERAL, STATE, AND TRIBAL LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
HERE'S AN AREA WHERE YOU CAN PERHAPS GET A
LITTLE BIT WORRIED.
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING THERE IS THESE BLUE
PROTECTION LAWS, THEY ARE AGAINST HATE CRIME LEGISLATION,
BUT THEY ARE FOR THE EXACT SAME THING FOR COPS.
BUT IF YOU
TARGET A POLICE OFFICER THERE SHOULD BE SPECIAL PENALTIES FOR
YOU.
THEY ARE GOING TO CREATE NEW LEGISLATION, STRENGTHEN WHAT
EXISTS TO PROTECT THAT GROUP.
THAT IS A GOOD WAY OF SHOWING
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT ALL
LIVES MATTER.
ALSO CONVINCING COPS THAT THEY ARE IN MORE DANGER THAN
THEY REALLY ARE IN.
IT ALSO TALKS ABOUT CHANGES TO GRANT
FUNDING BASED ON THE EVALUATION
REQUIRED BY ñ WHAT THEY ARE SAYING IS THAT IF PARTICULAR
AREAS ARE NOT DOING WHAT THEY CONSIDER TO BE NECESSARY TO
PROTECT POLICE OFFICERS THEN GRANT FUNDING COULD BE AFFECTED.
WE HAD THAT WITH SCHOOLS WITH THE PROTEST THAT WENT ON, AND
NOW IF YOU ARE NOT DOING WHAT IS NECESSARY TO CONTROL ILLEGAL
IMMIGRANTS, MAYBE SOME OF THE
FUNDING NEEDS TO BE TAKEN AWAY.
THE WHOLE POINT OF THIS IS TO
TELL COPS THAT THEY ARE UNDER MORE THREAT THAN THEY ARE
ACTUALLY IN HISTORICALLY AND TO TELL PEOPLE THAT COPS ARE BEING
TARGETED IN NUMBERS WE HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
ANY CUPS
DEATH IS A TRAGEDY, BUT IT IS NOT HISTORICALLY ACCURATE TO SAY
THEY ARE IN MORE DANGER THAN
THEY WERE BEFORE.
YOU WILL SEE HISTORIC ON-DUTY DEBTS OF POLICE
OFFICERS IN THIS CHART.
BETWEEN HUNDRED 25 AND 135 COPS DIED IN ñ
TAKE A LOOK AT THE 70S.
THAT IS A LOT OF COPS DYING ON THE JOB.
THERE ARE ALSO
HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF COPS.
WE SHOULD FOCUS ON THIS.
TRY TO
GET THE NUMBER DOWN AS FAR AS WE CAN, BUT WE CAN PRETEND THAT IS
THE BIGGEST THREAT FACING OUR
COUNTRY.
THE LAST EXECUTIVE ORDER HAS TO DO WITH THESE
TRANSNATIONAL, CRIMINAL ORGANIZATIONS, DRUG TRAFFICKERS,
HUMAN TRAFFICKERS.
IF THEY DO A LOT TO CUT DOWN ON HUMAN
TRAFFICKING THAT IS AMAZING.
BUT IT'S ALSO POSSIBLE THEY TALK
ABOUT LAWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY THAT MIGHT HINDER
EFFORTS TO FIGHT DRUG TRAFFICKERS.
COULD THAT BE USED
AS A PRETEXT TO SHUT DOWN DISPENSARIES AND CHANGE
STATE-LEVEL LAWS?
WE DON'T KNOW AND IT MIGHT TAKE UP TO A YEAR TO KNOW.
THAT WOULD BE CRAZY BY THE WAY.
WE ALL KNOW PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN SMOKING MARIJUANA IN THIS
COUNTRY WAY BEFORE DISPENSARIES WERE AROUND.
IN FACT YOU GET RID
OF THE LEGALIZED WAY OF GETTING IT, THEY WILL GET IT ILLEGALLY
WHICH ONLY EMPOWERS CARTELS AND DRUG TRAFFICKERS.
ONE OTHER
QUICK THING, ABOUT HUMAN TRAFFICKING, IT DEPENDS ON WHAT
THEY MEAN WHEN THEY SAY HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
IF THEY ARE GOING
TO GO AFTER INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE TRAFFICKING PEOPLE AND THEY
DIDN'T CONSENT, I AM ALL FOR THAT.
I'M WORRIED THIS IS MORE OF A FOCUS ON PROSTITUTION.
IT COULD BE.
IN THAT CASE IT WOULD ONLY ADD INSULT TO INJURY FOR SOME
WOMEN, AND MEN, WHO WORK IN THE SEX WORK INDUSTRY.
I GUESS WE
WILL SEE HOW THIS WILL PLAY OUT.
COULD BE GOOD, IT COULD BE BAD.
JUST LIKE WITH TRUMP EVERYTHING
IS A WILDCARD, WE DON'T KNOW.
THIS DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THE END OF THE WORLD.
I'M TRYING TO
BE FAIR TO WHOEVER IT IS THAT WROTE THOSE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
THAT HE JUST READ BRIEFLY BEFORE SIGNING.
THAT PERSON DOESN'T
SEEM TO BE THE CRAZIEST PERSON AT LEAST IN THIS AREA.
I DON'T CARE ABOUT BEING FAIR TO HIM, I CARE ABOUT BEING
ACCURATE TO THE AUDIENCE.
I DON'T CARE AS MUCH ABOUT THAT.
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN FEAR MONGERING DONALD TRUMP.
I THINK
THERE ARE POTENTIAL POSITIVES FOR TRUMP, TPP, POSSIBILITY OF
HIM CRITICIZING ISRAEL OVER THE SETTLEMENTS THEY ARE PLANNING ON
BUILDING, THAT KIND OF STUFF.
BUT WE ARE NOT SURE HOW THOSE
THINGS ARE TO PLAY OUT.
I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE YOU GUYS HAVE
THE FACTS AND YOU CAN DECIDE
FOR
YOURSELVES.

Trump Gets Tough On Crime

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