Joe Biden: "I do not support defunding police"

[brooklynite]

If state and local governments fail to make necessary changes, the Department of Justice must have subpoena power for pattern or practice investigations into systemic misconduct by police departments and force these departments to reform.

While I do not believe federal dollars should go to police departments violating people’s rights or turning to violence as the first resort, I do not support defunding police. The better answer is to give police departments the resources they need to implement meaningful reforms, and to condition other federal dollars on completing those reforms.

I’ve long been a firm believer in the power of community policing — getting cops out of their cruisers and building relationships with the people and the communities they are there to serve and protect. That’s why I’m proposing an additional $300 million to reinvigorate community policing in our country. Every single police department should have the money it needs to institute real reforms like adopting a national use of force standard, buying body cameras and recruiting more diverse police officers.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/06/10/biden-root-out-systemic-racism-not-just-divisive-trump-talk-column/5327631002/

[calguy]

1. Biden is absolutely right

Police reforms are all well and good to support. The the term "Defund the Police" is way over the top and invites all kinds of misinformation attacks from a corrupt president attempting to run on "law and order"

[I_UndergroundPanther]

2. Same stuff that has

Been tried before and has failed. The police cannot be reformed because of what they are and the kinds of people attracted to policing as a job