<div dir="ltr">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'<div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 10:26 AM Steve Smith <<a href="mailto:sasmyth@swcp.com">sasmyth@swcp.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
> The Bernalillo County sheriff invited them in.<br>
<br>
I just watched a brief interview with the BC Sheriff. On one hand he<br>
"sounded" fairly reasonable and talked about "improving relations with<br>
federal agencies to help with the violent crime and gun violence, etc."<br>
and implied that nothing like Portland would happen, but then began to<br>
hmmm and haww (glen's terms) about whether these Federal Agents might<br>
show up at protests. He stated "Portland is about politics, this is<br>
about violent crime".<br>
<br>
When asked about his political affiliations, he claimed Democrat, but<br>
when asked about what D policies he agrees with (or not) he hmmm's and<br>
hawwed again and said he "is not a legislator, but if you want to ask me<br>
questions about law enforcement... yadda yadda" but was immediately<br>
asked if he was going to resign (as requested by many in response to<br>
this move) and he used that opportunity to announce that he was<br>
"planning to run for Mayor". It seemed odd to claim "I'm just a humble<br>
sheriff with no interest or knowledge of legislation or governance" and<br>
then pivot to 'I think I could run this city well'". <br>
<br>
I don't live in ABQ but I have lived very close to the hotbed of (mostly<br>
drug-fueled?) crime in the Espanola Valley area for 40 years and<br>
previously on the border of AZ/MX (albeit before the Peso crashed or the<br>
war on drugs was launched), and I am sympathetic with the challenges of<br>
"honest citizens" and LEO in the face of the kind of crime fueled by<br>
narcotic-trafficking (both the range of altered states of participants<br>
and the huge concentrations of $$ involved). I'm pretty<br>
Libertarianish when it comes to "illegal" drugs, but having lived near,<br>
and observed how the *traffic* around it is hugely damaging to a<br>
community, I have mixed feelings. I was never a huge fan of Gary<br>
Johnson as Gov or Pres Candidate but his stance on decriminalization was<br>
a breath of fresh air. <br>
<br>
The point is that while I am confident that Trump's public<br>
announcement/deployment to these cities is entirely political, I'm not<br>
sure that everyone who is receptive to that (e.g. BC Sheriff) is<br>
responding politically... it likely exposes their biases, but there is a<br>
good chance the are *also* trying to do their job, just as the Dem<br>
Mayors and Governors he's trying to provoke or disrupt are trying to do<br>
a job (manage a state/city in these very disrupted times). <br>
<br>
It is a terrible shame that the political posturing (thrashing?) that DT<br>
is generating causes so much "crack the whip" around the country<br>
(world)... I think if there IS a genius in that thick skull, it is in<br>
managing all the whiplash in a way that froths the public attention<br>
badly enough to allow other things to go unnoticed.<br>
<br>
- Steve<br>
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>> On Jul 24, 2020, at 7:00 AM, Prof David West <<a href="mailto:profwest@fastmail.fm" target="_blank">profwest@fastmail.fm</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>
>> what did they do to merit Trump sending them federal troops?<br>
>><br>
>> davew<br>
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