Cities that block ICE could lose police, rape kit funding, DOJ says

3 months ago by RabbleRebel to c/politics

Cities that don't allow ICE enforcement stand to lose federal funds for rape kits, police, and emergency services, Trump's DOJ threatens.
blitzen 12 points 3 months ago

Not acceptable to block rape kit funding, but we've been in support of defunding the police for some time.

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Aarrodri 9 points 3 months ago

It's tax payer money fucking assholes.

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Dzheyk 7 points 3 months ago

Like they actually test the rape kits to begin with..at least from what I've heard

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MML 3 points 3 months ago path: 0 24839592 24842246, hotness: undefined, score: 3, children: 1
Dzheyk 2 points 3 months ago

Thank you for the confirmation.

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jarvis 6 points 3 months ago

DOJ: if you block ICE we'll abolish your police!

Leftists: promise?

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BigDawgOClock 5 points 3 months ago

Y'mean the rape kits they aren't even testing? The ones in the back of the closet they forgot about? American citizens deserve better.

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thefluffiest 4 points 3 months ago

What a great opportunity to tear the police department down and rebuild it from the ground up

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douglasg14b 4 points 3 months ago

So more federal funding being politicized.

When do states capture federal taxes and use it themselves to fund what the federal government keeps withholding?

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cerebralhawks 3 points 3 months ago

Okay. The blurb below the link specifies it's federal funding being threatened. Do you really want police, and rape tests, funded by a guy who diddles children and attacks racial and sexual minorities? Here's an idea. Fund your police locally. Your police should answer to the citizens they support, not your felon-in-chief.

It's nice the federal government offers funding for these things, but it could be sourced locally.

Also, don't some of the more liberal states (e.g. California, New York) contribute more greatly to these federal funds? What if those states simply stopped paying? The federal government would be taking a loss on their stance here, and I don't think they'd stand for that for very long. So it seems like this is a losing battle if NY and CA resist.

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AlecSadler 1 point 3 months ago

Federal taxes are taken out of paychecks whether people like it or not. Unless you just refuse to pay, but then it comes back on you in some way and not the state you live in.

Source: Have been paying very little federal taxes for years now and owe quite a bit.

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NotMyOldRedditName 1 point 3 months ago

Will coincide perfectly with soldiers getting testosterone shots they don't need and fox saying they'll be raping more women.

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AngryCommieKender 1 point 3 months ago

Then those police departments need to be broken up, and defunded, so that people who are useful to society can take the state thug's jobs that they aren't doing.

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