[FRIAM] albuquerque

[Gillian Densmore]

Simple nothing. Other than being supporter of 45. I knew Abq is having a
bit more crime related to desperation from being layd off, and a poor job
market. I hadn't realized it escalated to the point of needing to call in
federal troopers. Just from quick googling: it didn't' He's trying to get
good with 45. Who knows why. 45 only cares about 3 people. 'Me, myself, and
1'



On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:26 AM Steve Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com> wrote:

>
> > The Bernalillo County sheriff invited them in.
>
> I just watched a brief interview with the BC Sheriff.   On one hand he
> "sounded" fairly reasonable and talked about "improving relations with
> federal agencies to help with the violent crime and gun violence, etc."
> and implied that nothing like Portland would happen, but then began to
> hmmm and haww (glen's terms) about whether these Federal Agents might
> show up at protests.   He stated "Portland is about politics, this is
> about violent crime".
>
> When asked about his political affiliations, he claimed Democrat, but
> when asked about what D policies he agrees with (or not) he hmmm's and
> hawwed again and said he "is not a legislator, but if you want to ask me
> questions about law enforcement... yadda yadda" but was immediately
> asked if he was going to resign (as requested by many in response to
> this move) and he used that opportunity to announce that he was
> "planning to run for Mayor".   It seemed odd to claim "I'm just a humble
> sheriff with no interest or knowledge of legislation or governance" and
> then pivot to 'I think I could run this city well'".
>
> I don't live in ABQ but I have lived very close to the hotbed of (mostly
> drug-fueled?) crime in the Espanola Valley area for 40 years and
> previously on the border of AZ/MX (albeit before the Peso crashed or the
> war on drugs was launched), and I am sympathetic with the challenges of
> "honest citizens" and LEO in the face of the kind of crime fueled by
> narcotic-trafficking (both the range of altered states of participants
> and the huge concentrations of $$ involved).    I'm pretty
> Libertarianish when it comes to "illegal" drugs, but having lived near,
> and observed how the *traffic* around it is hugely damaging to a
> community, I have mixed feelings.   I was never a huge fan of Gary
> Johnson as Gov or Pres Candidate but his stance on decriminalization was
> a breath of fresh air.
>
> The point is that while I am confident that Trump's public
> announcement/deployment to these cities is entirely political, I'm not
> sure that everyone who is receptive to that (e.g. BC Sheriff) is
> responding politically... it likely exposes their biases, but there is a
> good chance the are *also* trying to do their job, just as the Dem
> Mayors and Governors he's trying to provoke or disrupt are trying to do
> a job (manage a state/city in these very disrupted times).
>
> It is a terrible shame that the political posturing (thrashing?) that DT
> is generating causes so much "crack the whip" around the country
> (world)...  I think if there IS a genius in that thick skull, it is in
> managing all the whiplash in a way that froths the public attention
> badly enough to allow other things to go unnoticed.
>
> - Steve
>
>
>
> >
> > __________
> >
> > Ed Angel
> >
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> (ARTS Lab)
> > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico
> >
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> > Santa Fe, NM 87501
> > 505-984-0136 (home)                   edward.angel at gmail.com
> > 505-453-4944 (cell)
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> >
> >> On Jul 24, 2020, at 7:00 AM, Prof David West <profwest at fastmail.fm>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> what did they do to merit Trump sending them federal troops?
> >>
> >> davew
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