<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;" align="center">The sanctuary city&rsquo;s effort to declare war on the federal government is putting its citizens in danger.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The latest move in defiance by San Francisco is dropping out of the FBI&#8217;s Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF,) an anti-terror initiative that began following the 9/11 attack.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This task force has halted 93 Islamist terrorist attacks and plots in the U.S. since 2001&ndash; 11 of which were from this year.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nonetheless, the San Francisco police department ;still made the decision to halt the city&rsquo;s partnership with the JTTF.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This has been in response to the many local activist groups that have claimed that the task force wrongly targets Arabs and Muslims.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;In my opinion, the decision by the mayor and the police chief to withdraw the San Francisco Police Department from the JTTF is really narrow-minded,&rdquo; said Mark Rossini, a retired FBI special agent to <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fox News</em>. &ldquo;Politics aside, and the mayor and leaders of San Francisco have their right to their opinion, political opinion and beliefs. But when you&rsquo;re working in law enforcement, law enforcement should know no politics.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As the tensions continue to build with the terrorist group ISIS, there needs to be a strong connection between the federal government and local ones.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;After 9/11, Congress required U.S. law enforcement to increase the flow of intel between federal agencies and local police,&rdquo; said Shannon Bream of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fox News.</em> &ldquo;But in the wake of President Trump&rsquo;s election, the San Francisco police department says it&rsquo;s pulling out of the FBI&rsquo;s Joint Terrorism Task Force, and it&rsquo;s cutting ties.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It looks like the city believes that it&rsquo;s more important to protect a small segment of its population.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;San Francisco says it doesn&rsquo;t want it&rsquo;s police gathering intelligence or surveilling Muslims or anyone else involved with political protests,&rdquo; said Will La Jeunesse of <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Fox News</em>. &ldquo;or to keep records, and they fear that will happen illegally under President Trump. The critics say pulling out of the JTTF is short-sighted, and dangerous.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While, CAIR, the Muslim advocacy group and other groups applauded the San Fran police department ;decision to pull out of the task force.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;After seven years of advocacy we welcome the suspension of SFPD participation in the JTTF,&rdquo; said Brittney Rezaei, CAIR-SFBA Civil Rights Attorney. &ldquo;As our concerns with the conduct of the federal government increase, we are ;happy to see our police department take this important step to ensure its commitment to protecting our community.&rdquo;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Allegedly these groups claim that the JTTF has specifically targeted Muslim activists.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">&ldquo;The Task Forces have led raids of activists&rsquo; homes and offices for merely engaging in the right to dissent. In the face of ever-increasing repression by the federal government, we applaud local agencies&rsquo; decision to suspend participation in the JTTF,&rdquo; said Nina Farnia, President of the San Francisco chapter of the National ;Lawyers Guild. ; ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">San Francisco is the only city to leave the JTTF, but this could only be temporary. The JTTF agreement has expired and is still under review.  ;</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But the city has made it clear that civil rights issues outweigh the fight against terrorism.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ;&ldquo;Last time I checked, we&rsquo;re all part of the 50 states&hellip;.So let us continue to work together when it comes to the law, when it comes to law enforcement,&rdquo; said Rossini. &ldquo;You want to do politics another day.&rdquo;</p>
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