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 <sasm...@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 > > > > Founding Director, Art, Research, Technology and Science Laboratory > (ARTS Lab) > > Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of New Mexico > > > > 1017 Sierra Pinon > > Santa Fe, NM 87501 > > 505-984-0136 (home) edward.an...@gmail.com > > 505-453-4944 (cell) > http://www.cs.unm.edu/~angel > > > >> On Jul 24, 2020, at 7:00 AM, Prof David West <profw...@fastmail.fm> > wrote: > >> > >> what did they do to merit Trump sending them federal troops? > >> > >> davew > >> > >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC <http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/FRIAM-COMIC> > http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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