Former NFL running back Herschel Walker offered to work with airlines to send people who want to defund the police to countries without them.
Walker, who played 12 years in the NFL, took his thoughts to Twitter in response to people who want to eliminate police departments across the United States.
“I have an idea… For all these people who don’t want any police, I’d love to meet with American Airlines, Delta, and Southwest and make a deal to fly them to countries that don’t have police. I want them to be happy!” Walker wrote.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.foxnews.com/sports/herschel-walker-defund-the-police-offer.amp
On Sunday, Walker said that he would volunteer to serve as a black leader to help bring members of Congress together with “leaders from all ethnic groups, both left and right, to find solutions.”
“We’re civilized people,” Walker said. “Why can’t true congressmen/women and senators get together with leaders from all ethnic groups, both left and right, to find solutions… unless certain people in Washington don’t want to see a change. I’m volunteering myself as one of the black leaders.”
Walker also recently retweeted his son, Christian, on Twitter who said that he doesn’t feel bad for the people who are looting and burning down buildings during the nationwide protests.
“My dad grew up in the deep south as a poor black man and turned himself into an notable athlete, business man, and person,” Christian Walker wrote. “No, I don’t feel bad for ‘oppressed’ people who run around burning buildings down. I’m not sorry I’m grateful for my country/the opportunities it’s given me.”
Credit: Fox News
Bill Wimmer
Rich Hurley i met him when K-mart in wall opened in 1985. He was there signing autographs lol
Rich Hurley im sure most of those flights would be empty…bunch of cowards
Frank Savannah
Warren, I’m ok with keeping them here. It won’t be long until they are eating their own. When you live in a country where so many things arr offensive, eventually you’ll piss each other off. They’ll splinter and fight amongst themselves. I’m actually looking forward to it.
Defunding the police does not mean GET RID of the police. ????♀️????♀️????♀️
Barbara Heimall for real. People hear what they want to hear.
Barbara Heimall well some people do. What do you want it to be?
Barbara Heimall defunding the police means giving them less money. So guess what will happen a lot less cops around, a lot less training and just a lot less money going to police departments. ????♂️????♂️ stop talking stupid come on now. Btw is this defunding the police starts happening a lot more cops will quit as well since they dont have the backup they need.
Barbara, say it louder for people in the back.
Justin, do some research before you speak. Defunding the police means spending funds on more valuable professional development for de-escalation and other similar trainings. It means spending money on programs to bring community together.
Seriously, a modicum of effort to see the real goals here.
Barbara Heimall maybe so, but if things are bad now, how do we expect them to do more with less? Demand policy changes, better training, public records on pd incidents etc…
Defunding means you will get shitty cops out there. Ask me how I know?! Smh
People need to start educating themselves in proper grammar, English, definitions and ways to word sentences. To say defending police does not mean to get rid of them is pure ignorance. I think a new hashtag slogan needs to be made if you want money into community programs. Taking money from police means less police. Less training. You want more training but less money for police budgets. Where the hell are they going to get money to train then?! No different than when the word racist is tossed around so loosely these days. The meaning is less powerful. You ever hear of the boy who cried wolf? Yeah perfect example.
Marco Dom Inick they want to take the money for other things besides police
Jeff, as I mentioned yes.
Barbara Heimall try and fund your lifestyle/home with less funds. What happens?
Bob, you mean when you cut out the excess and spend it on things that matter? Life improves typically.
Marco Dom Inick yeah the excess. Like payroll
Barbara Heimall you do that job with no safety equipment and see how quick you tick tail and run
Barbara Heimall I think you have a lot of people with a lot of different definitions of defund.
Bob, do some research about where the funds would come from and where they would go and come back. Go ahead. I’ll wait.
Marco Dom Inick I have. No need to feel superior bud
Barbara Heimall I guess you need to explain this to the large group of “protesters” who are demanding to defund the police and actually want to abolish the police.
Bob, if you have, you’d know that the money would simply be reorganized and put to better use. It’s certainly not working as well as it could be as it is now. It’s not superiority, it’s morality.
I believe police are important, but I also think the institution needs reworking. Some areas of the country are awesome, and others not.
Marco Dom Inick you’re an idiot.
It’s a snowball effect. Departments are already feeling the effects. Once you start cutting into budgets, then layoffs follow. Duuuuhhh
Jason A. McKillop no according to Marco Dom Inick things get better. Common sense is ruled out. It’s about feelings and delusions of grandeur
I guess they’ve failed basic economics ????????♂️
Stop committing crimes and the police will defund themselves.
Maybe parents should raise their kids to not be asaholes and respect their elders and we would not have half of these stories of nasty cops or he was my baby and didn’t do nothing. Personal responsibility seems to be out the window these days.
If you believe that “defund” means “abolish,” here’s a handy article to read. Enjoy!
https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2020/06/19/what-does-defund-the-police-mean-and-does-it-have-merit/
Barbara Heimall I think you should be explaining this to the large group using the defund police as their platform that actually want to abolish police
Tammy Watson I can see the misunderstanding, but I hope those people can do some research and see that we don’t mean ABOLISH the police. It’s just changing their roles within the community and hopefully making their jobs safer and better for everyone!
I appreciate where you’re coming from but they actually need more money and cops.. what is necessary is reform. That takes money. The term defund means subtracting money from police
Jennifer Moroch Fara yeah taking money away, and providing maybe more departments that deal specifically with non violent encounters, mental health crisis, homeless help, etc. If over 90% of police encounters are non violent, why are all police armed? Maybe have a smaller (armed) specialized police in each community, and a greater force for non violent encounters would be one example of how this could be a benefit.
Barbara Heimall lmao. specialized police, a greater force for non violent encounters. ???????????? I’m glad you can tell weather or not someone will turn violent. Smdh. Every 1 of the 9 out of 10 calls a cop puts his life on the line. Doesn’t matter weather it’s a non violent call or not. No body knows what the other person is thinking. And just so u know u contradicted yourself. In one post u say the money would be moved around the dept for training and etc… yet you post a write up that clearly states the money would be pulled from police departments and go to social services. Or other local government organizations. ????♂️. Maybe you should do more fact finding before you post. Yes defunding does not me abolishing police depts. but a lot of police depts spend their money on training their officers on how to deal with mental health people and what not. So ok let’s take their money away and give it to another government agency ( like they really need it to) sooo you think there’s a few bad cops now. Yeah just wait. I’ll sit back with my buddies in blue and eat popcorn and watch as you are robbed at gun point acause you thought the guy giving you your change at the store was a nice guy and a cop with only a taser or pepper spray shows up and both of you get shot and killed. Because you fig the town this would happen in is a less violent town and didn’t need armed police. Freaking put your feet in a cops shows. But until then stfu. In fact anyone that agrees with defunding police departments needs to keep their mouth shut until they do the job.
Larry Caldwell wow what an insightful and well spoken perspective. ???? If 1/10 encounters are violent, then arm and train 1/10th the force, and the other 9/10 are trained to de-escalate conflict, provide mental health services etc. Or send in social workers! You think that defunding the police will send everyone into disorder and chaos and crime will rise, but it’s been proven to do the EXACT OPPOSITE. So why don’t *you* go conduct some real research and get back to me.
Barbara Heimall lmao. Did I say crime would rise? Nope. Did I say it would cause chaos and disorder? No I didn’t. You posted a write up that clearly stated the money would go to other government agencies. Yet in a earlier post you solely said it would go towards better training for the police. Yet no where in that article backed your philosophy on it staying with in the law enforcement. And like I said I guess your a expert on knowing what everyone in this world actions are. And your facts on 9/10 are nonviolent is invalid cause just Monday alone there where 4 calls in a row in my home town that were Domestic violence calls where in all 4 calls the victims were beaten badly enough that they are in icu. 3 of those 4 calls the law enforcement encountered a weapon being drawn on them. 2 of these calls were people that had never been in any sort of trouble and if u met them were the nicest people in the world. My point being you can’t say hey these people seem nice we’ll send the less lethal cops in. ????♂️ do we send our military into battle unarmed ?
Barbara Heimall and you saying arm only 1/10 of the force. Is just ridiculous. My local Pd has 42 officers. 1/10 of them would be 4.2. So I’m then to assume you want me to rely on 4 of them and a Foot to protect me. Get out of here with your out of this world philosophy. ????????????????
Less funding means less police services, training, and community services. Be careful what you wish for…. Instead… Increase training, community liaisons, etc. Don’t cave to pressure or else you will find yourself defending yourself! Think!! Before it’s too late… ????????????????
the police shouldn’t be involved in everything they are now. why would you call a cop out to help with a drunk dude who’s passed out in a parking lot? get someone there that can get him home & cares about getting them the help they need
Duncan Brown because it’s illegal to drive drunk, you could kill somebody with a 2 ton vehicle while under the influence. Or start a fight with someone or be a public nuisance. It’s the law.
Defund WELFARE… there, I fixed it.
Tammy Connell yes please
How about a C-130… once over the ocean open up the back door… sink or swim.
Make people go to work and get a job in not steal and sell drugs and maybe then we won’t need so many police
Joseph Clappsy Sr. Working goes against the Democrat agenda of “????????Welfare for Everybody ????????”
Matt Tottle they’re idiots!
????????#whitelivesmatter
new flash a-hole white lives have always matter. why is it always the Italians that are the most racist. It’s almost 99 times out of 100 some racist crap comes from Italians. The worst!
So let’s defund planned parenthood and just relocate those funds for better educational programs on abstinence, using protection, and I don’t know taking responsibility for your actions.
Tammy Watson you know planned parent hood is also for OBGYN checkups its just not an abortion center. They also give out birth control as well.
Jamaal Armstrong yes and cops actually help millions of Americans every year, but we are now only focusing on negatives.
Tammy Watson PP was defunded. Friends who went for annual care there and paid maybe $50 were told it was well over $200 now.
Kathleen Patricia good glad to hear
Tammy Watson so you’re glad to hear that women who need medical care now can’t afford it? Wow. Hope your next Pap smear comes back just fine
Kathleen Patricia if they can’t afford it there are programs for them. If they don’t qualify for a program and can’t come up with 200 maybe they should reevaluate what they are spending their money on. And although I think everyone should take responsibility for themselves and their own families I would not wish ill on anyone unlike you.
Tammy Watson oh give me a fucking break. This WAS one of the programs!!! Are you that ignorant?
I wish no one ill will. I seriously hope YOU never gave medical issues you can’t afford to take care of.
Lisa Ann
He is so right.
???????????????????????????? love it, send them to South America, that’s where I am from, no laws, corrupted police, let this people have a wake up call and realize how great America is!
I’ll help pay, send them to el Salvador or parts of Africa, North Korea or some third world country.
Dont see anyone calling him a racist
Before we make blanket statements, maybe we should get defunding defined.. What are the plans, is there a criteria (such as a % of issues remember seaside a couple years back). Is is a reduction in funding or and entire department at risk. Before I make any conclusion I would like those questions answer by “those people” who are promoting this defunding.
Outstanding ????????
defunding doesn’t mean abolish.
cops shouldn’t be called out for junkies, drunks, minor offenses, etc. social workers should be.
cops aren’t trained for many of the calls they’re out for, we shouldn’t heap more work on top of them. we should refine what they’re actually around for
Duncan Brown agreed!!
Duncan Brown did you ever try to reason with a drunk ? Were you ever in law enforcement? EMS? Fire? They are a special group of people. Social workers can’t handle their case load now. Children are neglected and homeless on the street. No drugs rehabs.. The govt is responsible for the mess!
Duncan Brown are you or have you ever been in Social Work? So, the proposal is to send a social worker into what could turn on a dime into a potentially dangerous situation with those under the influence unarmed? So, if let’s say Johnny under the influence decides to shove said social worker up a wall, what happens then? Perhaps the better solution if people would just calm down and think would to bring in a social worker into the situation to assist with perhaps attempting to calm the individual ????♀️ just a thought.
Social workers need to be better funded, you could take a tenth of the cop money and handle non violent situations easily. I get my info from several social worker friends
VI: so you agree with me that we should partially defund the police and use some of that money for better social services?
Duncan Brown thats funny because I know many social workers and not one says they want to respond to domestics, drunk and disorderly calls, or deal with junkies.
Give me a break.
Do we need better funded social workers?? Heck ya, but they should stick with family issues.
You claim PD arent equipped to handle junkies or drunks but you think Social workers are??
🙂
Duncan Brown lets find mental health professionals willing to work for a cops salary and schedule.
Duncan Brown no, I think the money should come from the overpaid officials and from wasteful spending. Most departments are under funded. There needs to be more police funding for better and increased training, and out reach civic services.
You send a social worker to a place where a 6’4 300 lb man is high on drugs…..not gonna happen
Great idea! Who’s first?
People didn’t know how lucky they have it in this country. It doesn’t matter what nationality or race you are!
Mary Faust they will surely find out!! The hard way..
VI Horvath Yeah, you’re right, unfortunately for you.
Chuck Thomas don’t worry.. I am prepared! ????
VI Horvath As am I <3
Chuck Thomas then we’re all good in the hoods! Be safe and well. ????????????✌
VI Horvath You too ^^ ????☮️
Sean Steuber, Edward Gearity, Tom Furey, Rob Furey, John David Pops Murray
Exactly let’s see how these dumb ass politicians like it when there security is taken away and who they are gonna call when their homes are looted ! You know who this hurts the most the same communities that the Democratics claim to care about ! They make fools of these communities every election year pandering, then nothing AFTER election.. they are the party of hate and everyone has to open their eyes . STRONGER TOGETHER! That’s how we stop this once and for all !
Send them all to Venezuela or Honduras or anywhere in Latin America they’ll shit there pants
That whole thing is dumb because that is not what people r saying at all when they say defund the police. People need to pay attention. It’s ridiculous that it’s so hard to comprehend.
Sandra Petroni Antonellis actually its very clear, especially in Washington where they took over that city.
Couldnt be any more clearer.
Carlos Martinho That has absolutely nothing to do with what I was talking about.
Thank you Sir you are a great Man
smart guy
Good for him!! Great idea!!
This is a great idea!!
Chaz Scheideler
Douche bag should leave too
You want people to listen? You don’t plead and beg for change. You talk $$$. Now people are having discussions about the problems instead of just saying “oh well”.
https://www.frontpagelive.com/2020/06/16/end-the-descent-new-dnc-ad-asks-americans-to-choose-justice-and-vote-biden/?utm_source=Facebook_infl&utm_medium=Post&utm_campaign=new-dnc-ad&utm_content=222
Thank you for sticking up for the police!
This should say “dismantle”, not defund. Two different things. But good job Herschel!