Senator Thom Tillis on January 6 Rioters, Federal Intervention, and Crime Reduction

January 6 Rioters and Justice

• 🏛️ Senator Thom Tillis believes that individuals convicted of assaulting police officers during the January 6 events, and who were pardoned, should still be in prison if their sentences extended beyond the pardon date.
• ⚠️ He views pardoning those who attacked Capitol police as a "horrible statement" to law enforcement.
• ⚖️ While acknowledging some individuals may have been over-prosecuted, Tillis emphasizes that "a lot of people that should still be in prison."

Federal Intervention in Local Crime

• 🚨 Tillis expresses concern about the idea of the President surging federal resources into states, viewing it as a potential "personal failure" of state leadership.
• 🤝 He stresses the importance of community engagement and relationships between law enforcement and citizens for effective crime reduction.
• 🗣️ He questions why federal dollars and resources are being provided to cities with unacceptable incident rates, suggesting it allows "liberal elected officials" to avoid accountability for systemic problems.

Safer Communities Act and Policy Recommendations

• 📜 Tillis highlights the Safer Communities Act, stating that its positive impacts have been significant and the negative predictions by opponents were incorrect.
• 🚫 He wishes he could have included a provision to disqualify jurisdictions with cashless bail or sanctuary policies from receiving behavioral health resources.
• 🎯 He advocates for holding elected officials accountable and ensuring that failing liberal leaders do not receive federal funding if they are making their communities less safe.
• 🔄 A suggestion is made to reverse the trend of the Justice Department entering consent decrees that tie police hands, and instead force DAs and the justice system to enforce tough-on-crime policies.