Georgia | May 11, 2021
Georgia Governor Signs Bill Preventing ‘Defund the Police’
Georgia | May 11, 2021
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp said the “defund the police” movement would endanger Georgian communities and signed a bill into law on May 7, forbidding large budget cuts for local police.
“Today, I am proud to sign [HB] 286 to protect law enforcement budgets and ensure the safety of local communities across Georgia,” Kemp said in a statement.
HB 286 (pdf) prohibits county governing authorities from reducing the police budget by more than 5 percent a year or “during a rolling five-year period.” The Republican-led General Assembly passed the bill and sent it to Kemp in early April.
“Radical movements like the ‘defund the police’ movement seeks to vilify the men and women who leave their families every day and put their lives on the line to protect all Georgians,” Kemp said in a signing ceremony at the Barrow County Sheriffs Office gun range. “This far-left movement will endanger our communities and our law enforcement officers and leave our most vulnerable at risk.”…
(Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
Georgia | April 30, 2021
Hecklers “Close Private Detention Centers! Abolish ICE!”
Georgia | April 30, 2021
This week, at a rally in Georgia to mark his first 100 days in office, President Biden responded to leftist hecklers who chanted, “Close private detention centers!” “Abolish ICE!” by begging, “I agree with you. I’m working on it, man. Give me another five days.” “Folks, you all know what they’re talking about,” Biden added, according to Newsweek. “There should be no private prisons, period… none, period. That’s what they’re talking about, private detention centers. They should not exist and we are working to close all of them… I promise you.”..
(Excepts from The Daily Wire)