Why you should trust the police and Ray Kelly as head of DHS. (Large update) [View all]

Last edited Mon Jul 22, 2013, 05:02 PM - Edit history (4)

Would Obama consider Ray Kelly for Homeland Security?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/wp/2013/07/18/would-obama-consider-ray-kelly-for-homeland-security-amid-stop-and-frisk-controversy/

New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly would be “well-qualified” to run the Department of Homeland Security, Obama said in an interview with Univision’s affiliate in the New York/New Jersey area. He hasn’t actually named Kelly as his choice to replace outgoing Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who is leaving to head the University of California system.

Was putting such a strong endorsement out there a first step toward seeing how Kelly’s name is received, or was it a case of the president being polite when being put on the spot? Obama said the commissioner “might be very happy where he is.” If Kelly isn’t, though, Obama said he’d want to know about it. “I think Ray Kelly is one of the best there is,” Obama said.


However:

Occupy Wall Street ‏@OccupyWallStNYC

Secret police recordings: "We're going to go out there and violate some rights." Disgusting.
#StopAndFrisk
http://ow.ly/ncTK0


CIA Agent Had "No Limitations" Working With NYPD After 9/11

http://gothamist.com/2013/06/27/cia_agent_had_no_limitations_workin.php


NYC 'Stop and Frisk' Policy Ruled Unconstitutional

http://www.policymic.com/articles/22375/nyc-stop-and-frisk-policy-ruled-unconstitutional-conservatives-immediately-start-whining

Racial Profiling Muslims: NYPD is Violating Civil Liberties by Spying on Religious Groups

http://www.policymic.com/articles/24817/racial-profiling-muslims-nypd-is-violating-civil-liberties-by-spying-on-religious-groups


"Every year since 2003, blacks and Latinos have consistently accounted for around 85 percent of stop-and-frisk selectees."

http://www.slate.com/blogs/crime/2013/07/01/mayor_bloomberg_stop_and_frisk_yes_the_controversial_policy_is_really_really.html


And of course Occupiers know all about NYPD and Ray Kelly. Add that Kelly works for Bloomberg, a Wall Street billionaire, and add that to Obama and his nomination of legendary foe of worker's rights Penny Pritzker, and you've got a 1%-a-palooza. One which is blatantly racist.

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Added reading for those who cannot parse the Trend, and how Ray Kelly in DHS would be a disaster immediately stretching to all police departments who are already DHS puppets:

How LAPD are made into a tentacle of the DHS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022154200


Bringing the argument home about domestic spying (Look no further than the Los Angeles Police Dept.)

http://upload.democraticunderground.com/10023101984


Meet the Contractors Turning America's Police Into a Paramilitary Force

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12525281