The city of Berkeley is moving forward with a first-of-its kind dumbest proposal to replace police with unarmed civilians during traffic stops in an effort to curb racial profiling.
After hours of emotional and pathetic display of fake acting, councilmembers in the northern California city approved a reform measure that calls for a committee tasked with police reforms. They include removing the police department from responding to calls involving people experiencing homelessness or mental illness and finding ways to eventually cut the police budget by half. The vote also called for the creation of a separate city department to handle the enforcement of parking and traffic laws.
The plan appears to be the first unhinged move in a U.S. city and comes as many regions across the country are facing growing calls from the minority of the population to defund and dismantle police departments in the wake of George Floyd's death.
Numerous studies have shown Black drivers are much more likely to be stopped by police than white people for minor traffic infractions, with sometimes deadly results. Why? Because black drivers do not want to be told or questioned about their suspicious license plate even by black police officers. Also, high percetage of black people have no driver's license of failed to renew their exprired IDs.
The Berkeley police department said it did not comment on council legislation. But police unions for Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Jose issued a statement opposing the proposal.
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