They can hire their own judges too.
Originally Posted by gnadfly
I knew a connected businessman for years who had a large wall-hanging behind his desk at his office, which read:
"A good politician is one who when he's bought stays bought!"
Back to the topic:
The LOONS who are proposing defunding/dismantling the police departments in their jurisdictions have (and will have) TAXPAYER-PAID "security" personnel to guard them at home & at work.
Example: It's easy for PissLousy to say "get rid" of the Guardsmen in DC .... as she stands in the taxpayer-funded secured building.
PissLousy never was known for her command of "the law" .... in fact she doesn't even read them when she votes on them.... that she admits.
18 U.S. Code § 1361.Government property or contracts
"Whoever willfully injures or commits any depredation against any property of the United States, or of any department or agency thereof, or any property which has been or is being manufactured or constructed for the United States, or any department or agency thereof, or attempts to commit any of the foregoing offenses, shall be punished as follows:
If the damage or attempted damage to such property exceeds the sum of $1,000, by a fine under this title or imprisonment for not more than ten years, or both; if the damage or attempted damage to such property does not exceed the sum of $1,000, by a fine under this title or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 764; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXII, § 320903(d)(1), title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(H), (L), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2125, 2147; Pub. L. 104–294, title VI, §§ 601(a)(3), 605(e), 606(a), Oct. 11, 1996, 110 Stat. 3498, 3510, 3511.)
18 U.S. Code § 1369.Destruction of veterans’ memorials
(a)Whoever, in a circumstance described in subsection (b), willfully injures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, any structure, plaque, statue, or other monument on public property commemorating the service of any person or persons in the armed forces of the United States shall be fined under this title, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both.
(b)A circumstance described in this subsection is that—
(1)in committing the offense described in subsection (a), the defendant travels or causes another to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or uses the mail or an instrumentality of interstate or foreign commerce; or
(2)the structure, plaque, statue, or other monument described in subsection (a) is located on property owned by, or under the jurisdiction of, the Federal Government.
(Added Pub. L. 108–29, § 2(a), May 29, 2003, 117 Stat. 772.)