New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton criticized President Barack Obama over his proposed 50 percent cut in federal counter-terror funding, calling it "mind-boggling."
New York City remains committed to the counter-terrorism effort, Bratton said Sunday on "The Cats Roundtable" on AM 970 in New York. h1 The force has added 2,000 total officers, allowing for the creation of a 550-member counter-terrorism unit with 800 more trained and equipped in crowd control.
That, Bratton told host John Catsimatidis, enabled him to quickly deploy hundreds of officers into the subway system after the recent Brussels attacks.
But Bratton's current concern is the White House's intention of cutting counter-terrorism money by almost $200 million.
"It makes no sense," he said. "It's mind-boggling that we have to fight with our own government to get money to protect our cities, particularly when cities around the world are being attacked."
Still he said he is optimistic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer and others will succeed in efforts to restore the funding.
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Obama and his tactics are just mind boggling.
ReplyDeleteBraxton doesn't know what Barry knows.
ReplyDeleteBraxton thinks there are real terrorists.
Barry knows the government is the terrorists, therefore no need to spend the money.