Let's defund or completely dismantle the police departments. We don't know what we will put into place or at least we're not going to tell you because we know some of you will not like it. The ones who do not like it are the ones who have guns and we're not ready to deal with you at this point. We don't want you to know that we will either have a national or international based police force or maybe we will hire the Black Panthers or a similar group to provide security to our neighborhoods. Whichever option we choose, you dear citizens, will find out when they show up in your neighborhood.

What would it look like if there were not police officers patrolling a neighborhood because they either have given up or are not welcome or do not have the manpower? We have examples In Michigan and Wisconsin where Muslims have been allowed to implement Sharia law on a local basis. In those situations their private police forces do work alongside municipal departments.

The autonomous zone in Seattle gives us a better look at what a city will look like when its Police Department is essentially rendered ineffective or becomes nonexistent. Some news reports have it as a peaceful area where people are allowed to speak freely about anything they wish or there is tranquility because police officers are not present ready to beat people into submission. The truth is much different from the utopian picture being painted by some news outlets.

This zone which has declared itself to no longer be part of the United States, is patrolled by armed individuals. Kinsey Diamond lives in the zone and relates that every time she leaves to go to work she has to provide identification to exit the zone and reenter the zone. The armed individuals control very tightly who can enter and exit. They have put up barriers to keep unwanted individuals out or at least control who can come in or go out. Kind of like having a wall at our southern border, don't you think?

Business owners that are allowed to stay open, a decision that is made based upon the business owners agreement to putting up a sign supporting the groups that have established the autonomous zone are allowed to conduct business but must pay a fee to the armed militia for protection. If they refuse to put up the sign or refuse to pay the fee, the business is closed forcibly by threat.

This is what our world will look like if we begin following the politicians down the path that they want to lead us and have wanted to lead us for decades. There is no freedom. There is only tyranny. There is no discussion about who can speak freely, because the moderators of the free speech zone in the autonomous zone will not allow you to speak about certain topics such as Christianity, liberty, the Constitution of the U.S. or any topic they deemed to be critical of their policies.

If we are not careful our entire nation is at risk of looking like the autonomous zone. The recent elections in New Mexico show that the very far left wing of the Democrat party has taken control. Well, the candidates that will be running for office in the general election do not sound like the people that established the autonomous zone, but make no mistake, they like much of what is going on there. They want to tell us how to live our lives. They will transition our society do something very similar to what we are seeing in Seattle but will do so more through political action than armed insurrection.

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