Tucker Carlson claims Rep. Rashida Tlaib wants to use local police departments to punish her political opponents
Carlson: “When your police department answers to them, things will be very different”
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From the April 14, 2021, edition of Fox News' Tucker Carlson Tonight
TUCKER CARLSON (HOST): They are saying they want to abolish American policing as it currently exists. And that raises the question, how does policing currently exist? Here's how: Local communities get to control it.
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That’s what Rashida Tlaib doesn’t like. That’s what offends MSNBC. The thing they hate about community policing is they don't control it, and that means they can't use your local police department to punish you for your political views. For that, they have to go to the FBI, and it drives them crazy.
So, abolishing the police doesn't mean getting rid of people with guns. It merely and specifically means stripping you of any control over your local law enforcement.
So, it's just a more ambitious form of gun control. It's meant to disempower the citizenry, not protect them. When your police department answers to them, things will be very different.