Kennedy also said: 'Then obviously we just experienced defund the police. Kennedy was on Rogan's show to promote his bestselling book, 'Scars and Stripes.' In one section of his book, Kennedy discusses his plan to build an elementary school in Texas.Įarlier in the conversation, Kennedy accused 'society' of 'demonizing military training for law enforcement.' On his Instagram page, he refers to himself as 'unapologetically American.'
Kennedy lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and four children. He is also the owner of Ranger Up, a military-based clothing company, and of Sheepdog Rescue, a self-defense training company. During his entire career, which ended in 2017, Kennedy fought 24 times professionally, winning 18 of them. In addition to his military career, Kennedy has participated in mixed martial arts since 1996 and continued to fight even while serving in the military. While in 2018, Kennedy told that the FBI was investigating threats made against him by ISIS. Kennedy said that the attack 'infuriated' him. He told Fox News in June 2022 that he was motivated to enlist following the attacks of September 11. In 2004, Kennedy joined the military, completing various Special Forces training programs. The network says that in 2020 the school district police force received more than $500,000 in local and state funding for 'security and monitoring' for schools. It will be the largest expense in the city's budget for 2022, reports Bloomberg. Uvalde, a city with a population of 16,000, spends $4 million on the police force. He added: 'Only then, can we go upstream to the origin, the Genesis of these problems, which is mental healthy with individual.'
And then we go upstream to the origin, the Genesis of these problems, which is mental health with the individual.' He continued: 'We will have more of that unless we get them the right training and we get our schools to become hard targets. And then I think Uvalde is a great example of not properly trained with broken systems that are not ready to do the right thing. Kennedy said: 'We have been weakening them and we have been making them ill-equipped to respond to that. The former MMA star predicted that there will be more incidents like Uvalde. Kennedy cited 'defund the police,' a movement born out of nationwide protests following the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, as playing a role in the Uvalde shooting because officers are being trained 'with broken systems' and as a result 'are not ready to do the right thing.' Kennedy, 42, shared his insight on the shooting deaths of 19 children and two teachers in Uvalde in May during an appearance on 'The Joe Rogan Experience' on June 16. Published: 00:11 BST, 21 June 2022 | Updated: 01:55 BST, 21 June 2022įormer Green Beret sniper and MMA fighter Tim Kennedy believes that the 'defund the police' movement carries some of the blame for the Robb Elementary School shooting. The city of Uvalde, with a population of 16,000, spends 40% of its yearly budget on its police force to the tune of around $4 million.
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