NOT LONG AGO, CAMDEN, NJ HAD ONE OF, IF NOT THE WORST CRIME RATES IN THE COUNTRY AS WELL AS HI
AVING A HIGH RATE OF OFFICER SHOOTINGS. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH COMMUNITY LEADERS AND AND .. drum roll .. BLACK LIVES MATTER, THEY NOT ONLY DEFUNDED THEIR DEPARTMENT, THEY ELIMINATED IT .. THEN RECONSTITUED IT WITH BETTER POLICE OFFICERS, BETTER EDUCATED, AND LESS MILITARY TYPES AND THEY DID THAT ON A COUNTY LEVEL. THAT REDUCTION IN CRIME ISN’T ON THE CITY LEVEL, IT’S ON THE COUNTY LEVEL. AND AND AND, THERE IS A PUNCH LINE ... CAMDEN’S RECONSTRUCTION WAS SUPPORTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR CHRIS CHRISTIE.
I KNOW, I KNOW, YOU DON’T BELIEVE THE PART ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER, I GET IT.
DO YOURSELF A FAVOR AND DO NOT PULL UP THIS ARTICLE. THE PICTURE ON THE FRONT PAGE ALONE WILL GIVE YOU A HEART ATTACK. That includes you anti-defund Democrats.
CAMDEN DISBANDED ITS POLICE DEPARTMENT AND BUILT A NEW ONE.
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