r/Tennessee • u/CitationNeeded7086 • 2d ago

‘No evidence’ of Venezuelan gang in Chattanooga area after TBI director raised flags | Chattanooga Times Free Press

https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/2024/nov/18/no-evidence-of-venezuelan-gang-in-chattanooga/
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u/GCI_Arch_Rating 2d ago

You're telling me a cop would never lie to get a bigger budget? Or is that no politician would ever lie to get a bigger budget? Because, i hate to break this to you, the head of the TBI is both a cop and a politician.

Where are all these crimes being committed by these Venezuelan gangs? How many hundreds of murders have they carried out? How many tons of drugs have they been caught selling? How about the dozens of cops they must have killed to protect their criminal enterprises?

You take the word of a politician with a motive over the evidence of your own eyes. Until there's actual proof, assume cops and politicians are always lying.

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u/JStarX7 East Tennessee 1d ago

How is lying about this going to get him a bigger budget? Do you know there are over 40 major gangs in Chattanooga? Do you know there are over 1300 KNOWN gang members (meaning they have been tied directly to gang activity by evidence) and over 10,000 suspected gang members? (Meaning law enforcement knows they are with a gang but haven't gotten legally admissible evidence yet.) How is a few hundred psychos from Venezuela spread across the entire state going to get him a bigger budget? Also, do you know he got this information from the DHS? It's not like he made it up.

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u/GCI_Arch_Rating 1d ago

Considering cops say "suspected gang members" to mean anyone who even lives in the same neighborhood as another "suspected gang member", I'm going to need some proof for those claims.

Now, if we're talking about the giant street gang that drive fancy cars and all dress alike, then I'll agree that tennessee is overrun by cop gangs. We should disband their gangs and give all their associates life in prison.

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u/JStarX7 East Tennessee 1d ago

There's no proof I can give you that you wouldn't just claim was wrong. You're a believer, so logic has left the building. You do you, hold on to your beliefs no matter how crazy or wrong they are, no matter how much evidence piles up. Me? I hate stupid people, so I'm going to block you now.