Gov. Christie agrees to send state troopers to Baltimore

[LiberalFighter]

Source: New Jersey News 12

TRENTON - New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie has agreed to send 150 state troopers and staff to help law enforcement in Baltimore amid ongoing riots.

Read more: http://newjersey.news12.com/news/new-jersey-gov-chris-christie-agrees-to-send-state-troopers-to-baltimore-1.10342645

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This is so wrong. Law enforcement from another state should not be used to police.

[geek tragedy]

1. Why not send Governor Blowhard himself down there to

show some real leadership?

[tularetom]

2. Did somebody ASK him?

And if so, WTF were they thinking?

Is he sending a film crew along with them so he can use the footage in his (hopefully brief) presidential campaign where he attempts to impress right wingers that he can push minorities around with the best of them.

[wordpix]

5. he ought to help NJ's low income districts instead

of making a big political show

[candelista]

9. Of course someone asked him: the Governor of Maryland.

That's how these things work.

[tularetom]

11. MD has a new republican governor and he has to prove to his buddies that he can beat up minorities

otherwise they won't respect him.

[hobbit709]

3. Just what the situation needs, "outside agitators"

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

13. Well, the N.J. cops helped a lot in N.O. after Katrina ..

.. no, wait ...

[olddots]

4. this grandstanding pig should be flipping burgers

but who would hire him for that job ?

[LiberalEsto]

6. Oh boy! JUST what Baltimore needs.

There's nothing like a gaggle of racist NJ troopers to stir the pot and make things worse.

[Ruby the Liberal]

15. LOL! My first thought too.

[lark]

7. Of course that fat fuck would send troopers.

Can't miss this opportunity to support murdering lawless policemen by murdering more folks. Doesn't want Baltimore cops to get all the fun.

[candelista]

10. Where do you think Baltimore is? New Jersey?

The governor of Maryland had to ask for this.

[lark]

18. Duh

Christie could have called and volunteered them, you know? Actually I didn't hear who called whom first, but still Christie is reveling in this opportunity to look tough for the racist base.

[candelista]

19. Yeah, old Chris. :)

I have a feeling an indictment is in his future.

[candelista]

8. You guys are missing the point.

The Governor of Maryland must have asked Christie to send troops, which means that the Maryland National Guard is not enough.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

12. National Guard may not be trained in crowd control.

Especially if they've been patrolling other, much drier, cities.

[Larry Engels]

14. They're trained in crowd control.

I know this from experience.

[Lurks Often]

17. It will depend on the unit and it's specialty

I spent 3 years in a Military Police company and we trained for crowd control ONCE in those three years, right before we were deployed to Panama to support the regular Army MP's who were manning camps holding the Cuban refugees in 1994 and 1995.
Of course the military being the military, I think only our attached medics ever went to the camps and the rest of us performed garrison duty (essentially acting as regular police on a US base) for two weeks. We hadn't trained for garrison duty either at any time prior to our deployment.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. One issue about the NJ State Troopers

from their checkered past (which has still not been completely purged) -

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/01/timeline_of_nj_state_police_struggles_with_racial_discrimination.html

They were the hotbed of racial profiling back in the late '80s and early '90s, finally bringing the issue of "driving while black" to the fore of national attention.

[sweetapogee]

20. My state Pennsylvania

is sending 300 state police to Balto.

Read more: http://www.wfmz.com/news/300-Pennsylvania-State-Police-personnel-to-aid-in-Baltimore/32638234