Kim Beaty, whose career in law enforcement spans more than 30 years in the public and private sectors of Western New York, is now an employee of the state of New York.
weekend. when you look at what is happening in a second large city leading the country, st. louis in murders and talk about defund. what do you make of it? what do they think will happen when you disarm you make defenseless ultimately not just citizens who don t have the protection of police sufficiently as they should anymore but police officers themselves? you will get more crime. in the service of what? here is the thing. you talk to plenty of folks and they recognize there are some problems in policing but ultimately what the level against law enforcement agencies that they re systemically racist it r isn t true. in many departments they re led by black police chiefs and a large minority population in their ranks. you can take money away from police departments. what you are doing that most dangerous is demoralizing police officers. i spent the weekend with 3 to 4
quickly what were the protesters protesting. they got everything they want. darren wilson isn t a police officer anymore. when president obama says they have the right to protest, what are they actually protesting? i don t know what they are pressing. they seemed to want to protest. you say this is bigger than saint lewis. explain. no question. untold story. the justice department came in and said ferguson is dirty and we need to change it. the sad reality is that ferguson is probably the best run city in north county. there are so many other small towns, 3500 residents and the town of pine lawn has 23,000 warrants out for arrests. these are this is more or less black on black crime. these are black elected officials. black police chiefs who are holding black men and women and children and residents hostage while they do what ferguson is doing ten times worse. okay. so who are the protesters? let s talk about that a
quickly what were the protesters protesting. they got everything they want. darren wilson isn t a police officer anymore. when president obama says they have the right to protest, what are they actually protesting? i don t know what they are pressing. they seemed to want to protest. you say this is bigger than saint lewis. explain. no question. untold story. the justice department came in and said ferguson is dirty and we need to change it. the sad reality is that ferguson is probably the best run city in north county. there are so many other small towns, 3500 residents and the town of pine lawn has 23,000 warrants out for arrests. these are this is more or less black on black crime. these are black elected officials. black police chiefs who are holding black men and women and children and residents hostage while they do what ferguson is doing ten times worse. okay. so who are the protesters? let s talk about that a