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Actor James Woods: Watch How W. Hollywood’s ‘Safety Ambassadors’ Handled an Assault in Progress
mrctv.org ^ | April 28, 2023 | CRAIG BANNISTER

Posted on 04/28/2023 4:01:53 PM PDT by lowbridge

Conservative Actor James Woods mocked West Hollywood’s “brilliant idea of replacing police officers with unarmed ‘safety ambassadors’” Thursday, by tweeting out video of a recent incident of assault and vandalism.

“Let’s take a peek at how that’s worked out during an assault in progress,” Woods tweeted, introducing a video clip from a report by West Hollywood station ABC 7. In the video, two so-called “security ambassadors” passively stand around and watch while a man repeatedly kicks a vehicle and attacks the driver in broad daylight.

Ethan Reynolds, the local citizen who took the video, told ABC 7 that he feels safer with actual police officers around:

“I’m absolutely petrified of someone holding a gun to my head, or holding a gun to my husband’s head, or stealing my dog.”

“Having a police officer around makes me feel safer. I know not everyone feels that way.”

In an effort to make citizens feel safe with fewer police, the city has deployed 85 unarmed security ambassadors on residential streets and in commercial corridors. Their presence is meant to deter crime, but they do not intervene at the sight of trouble. Instead, they are supposed to notify the police.

Business Owner Larry Block agrees with Reynolds that West Hollywood’s decision last year to cut its police force was a bad idea. Block told ABC 7 that the feckless security ambassadors are no substitute for police officers:

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: california; crime; donate; donatedonaldtrump; donatetrump; hollywood; joindu; police; tightwad

1 posted on 04/28/2023 4:01:53 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge

Ugh


2 posted on 04/28/2023 4:04:01 PM PDT by dforest (All of America has derailed.)
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To: lowbridge

So, they fire cops and hire people to call the cops. Makes sense.


3 posted on 04/28/2023 4:09:01 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: lowbridge

F them.

They got what they voted for.


4 posted on 04/28/2023 4:10:46 PM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: lowbridge
Save a click, video here

Count on the ‘safety ambassadors’ to be even more useless than the police.

5 posted on 04/28/2023 4:10:52 PM PDT by chief lee runamok (Anti Socialist Derelict At Large)
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To: lowbridge

Things were rough in West Hollywood before Warren Zevon wrote the song.... I can only imagine what they are like now that the cops have been replaced by social workers

Well, I met a girl in West Hollywood
I ain’t naming names
But she really worked me over good
She was just like Jesse James


6 posted on 04/28/2023 4:12:25 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: lowbridge

This stupidity will end when the first safety ambassador gets killed.

Is there a betting pool on that yet?


7 posted on 04/28/2023 4:12:59 PM PDT by Valpal1 (Not even the police are safe from the police!!!)
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To: lowbridge

‘safety ambassadors are there to call for help if needed.’

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Safety Ambassador: HELP! That guy is attacking the other guy! HELP!

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Safety Ambassadors will act as escorts late at night. [Oh yeah, one should feel much safer with that.]


8 posted on 04/28/2023 4:13:29 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Valpal1

Since when did Marxists concern themselves with a few broken eggs. Unless *they* themselves begin to resemble eggs, nothing will change.


9 posted on 04/28/2023 4:16:15 PM PDT by alstewartfan ("She looks like she's 19 years old, sitting there like a lady with her legs crossed." Creepy Joe)
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To: lowbridge

Screwtape would be on the floor turning blue.


10 posted on 04/28/2023 4:16:37 PM PDT by mitch5501 ("make your calling and election sure:for if ye do these things ye shall never fall")
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To: alstewartfan; lowbridge; Travis McGee

11 posted on 04/28/2023 4:23:27 PM PDT by 4Liberty (Dems loot & riot -called "protesting" by media. Repub's protest -called "looting & rioting" by media)
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To: lowbridge

That was really odd. Those two ‘safety ambassadors’ just stood there. You’d think they’d at least have whistles to try to scare off an attacker.

But maybe they’re told to do nothing. Loud whistles probably contribute to climate change.


12 posted on 04/28/2023 4:30:40 PM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: lowbridge

Smith & Wesson are my “escorts”.


13 posted on 04/28/2023 4:32:00 PM PDT by Howie66 (Let's Go Brandon!!)
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To: lowbridge

“”Safety Ambassadors will act as escorts late at night””

‘escorts’???

I can just see some drunk Hollywood types hearing the term ‘escort’ and considering something other than safety.

“”security ambassadors passively stand around and watch while a man repeatedly kicks a vehicle and attacks the driver””

This part sounds just like the UN staff in Lebanon. Hezbollah built rockets and rocket launchers RIGHT NEXT to the UN ‘Peacekeepers’ on the Lebanon-Israeli border. Since most of the UN despises Israel and Jews, the ‘Peacekeepers’ had no issues with the rockets. Also, in many, many parts of the world, UN creeps often insist upon ‘payment’ before helping anyone. This ‘payment’ is often the between-the-sheets currency. Women and boys fleeing horrendous conditions will submit to these ‘payments’ because they are facing even worse at home.


14 posted on 04/28/2023 4:32:49 PM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Howie66

Heh.
Saw a bumper sticker that said: “I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.”


15 posted on 04/28/2023 4:40:25 PM PDT by mumblypeg ("Give me Stalin or St. Paul. I've seen the Future, brother; it is murder."--Leonard Cohen)
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To: chief lee runamok

That is just so retarded! It’s like a bad comedy sketch.


16 posted on 04/28/2023 4:40:27 PM PDT by telescope115 (My feet are on the ground, and my head is in the stars. A Man, and proud of it!)
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To: lowbridge

Bkmrk


17 posted on 04/28/2023 4:41:11 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear ("Equity" = "All animals are equal. Some are more equal than others.")
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To: Leaning Right
Loud whistles probably contribute to climate change

No, loud whistles attract the attention of gun sights.

18 posted on 04/28/2023 5:03:46 PM PDT by GingisK
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To: lowbridge

“Of course, there will be a learning curve,” said the West Hollywood faggot.

Never truer words spoken.


19 posted on 04/28/2023 5:13:53 PM PDT by Salvavida
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To: lowbridge

This is video proof that liberals are pro-crime.


20 posted on 04/28/2023 5:39:53 PM PDT by grundle
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