Biden: Tuesday primaries sent 'clear message' voters want tough-on-crime policies

[Jose Garcia]

Source: The Hill

President Biden said that Tuesday’s primary results in California, Mississippi and other states sent a message that voters want leaders who will take a tough stance on crime.

“I think the voters sent a clear message last night. Both parties have to step up and do something about crime, as well as gun violence,” Biden told reporters on Wednesday before boarding Air Force One to travel to California.

He called on states and localities to spend billions of dollars allocated in the American Rescue Plan “to hire police officers and reform the police departments.”

“Very few have done it,” he said.

Read more: https://thehill.com/news/administration/3516046-biden-tuesday-primaries-sent-clear-message-voters-want-tough-on-crime-policies/

[msongs]

1. maybe unspent money should be clawed back nt

[questionseverything]

2. After uvalde I want more money to prosecute cops

Why pay more of them to do nothing but stand guard for the gunman?

[Mz Pip]

4. We need to do both

They aren’t mutually exclusive.

[867-5309.]

5. Why both?

Why should we pour $$$ into police?

[Mz Pip]

7. You're lucky

You must live somewhere that isn’t plagued by rising crime. Not the case for plenty of people. Id be just thrilled if I didn’t have to check my locks before I go to bed every night, because home invasions are becoming a thing around here.

[867-5309.]

16. Serious question -

is your area short on cops? Like long wait times for responses, etc?

[Mz Pip]

17. Response time

That seems to be a major issue. By time the police come, the perps are long gone. It didn’t used to be that way but with an increase in burglaries, smash and grabs, catalytic converter thefts, muggings, porch thefts, it’s gotten worse. More incidents of armed robberies as well. Our neighborhood Nextdoor is filled with this stuff.

[manicdem]

25. Doesn't matter much.

Police usually show up after the incident to take the report.

Response time doesn't do anything unless there's a police officer on every street corner.

[Rebl2]

20. KCMO

are short on the number of police they need. Has been a problem for a few years now. State gave the department more money, but they can’t find people that want to be police officers. I think it’s a problem in many large cities.

[MichMan]

29. They need to pay them a lot more $$$ then

If lifeguards ion LA are making hundreds of thousands, surely police should see substantial pay raises then

[oldsoftie]

13. Because SOMEONE has to arrest & prosecute the bad guys; of which there are PLENTY?

Criminlas are like small children; they'll take whatever you give them and try to take more. Until you set boundaries. Right now our boundaries for criminals are lax. And you see what we get

[JI7]

3. Tie Gun control issue to being tough on Crime also

[triron]

6. Losing our democracy? Not important.

[Martin68]

8. PK, OK we've been there done that. Just consider consequences and make intelligent decisions.

Look where it led during the Clinton administration when academics, journalists and pundits got a bit hysterical about "kids running wild in the streets" and promulgated erroneous theories that led to draconian mandatory sentencing for minor crimes.

[Jose Garcia]

18. The funny thing is, violent crime did decrease in the 1990's

[Martin68]

22. There has been a lot written about the reason(s) for the decrease in crime during the 90's. "Tough

on Crime Laws" and draconian mandatory sentencing probably didn't play a huge role because the vast majority of those incarcerated were non-violent drug offenders.

[MichMan]

30. How do non violent drug offenders afford to support their habit?

Work two jobs?

[Martin68]

31. They either sell drugs or use them. Drug users aren't all insolvent, you know.

That's a weird stereotype.

[MichMan]

32. I guess they never steal anything to support their addiction

My mistake

[Martin68]

34. MichMan, is that what I said? Of course some drug users steal to support their habit. Do

most drug users steal? I doubt it. Please don't put words into my mouth.

[MichMan]

39. You said they sold drugs or use them

and commented that my insinuation that many steal to support their addiction was a weird stereotype.

[SouthBayDem]

35. To quote Clinton "It's the economy"

The 90s had an economic boom as shown with the low unemployment and budget surpluses of the time. When there are plenty of jobs, people are not going to resort to stealing to survive or have the stress that leads to conflict.

[Skittles]

9. when did voters ever NOT want tough-on-crime policies

I mean, come on.

[TeamProg]

10. We don't want Thug-Cops though !!

The hiring of public servants should be more strict than private industry standards.

[ripcord]

11. I'm not sue voters want to go totally tough on crime

But many are tired of the increased low level crime that affects their daily lives.

[BumRushDaShow]

12. There is still an underlying situation caused by the pandemic and the recessionary environment

under 45, plus the proliferation of ghost guns, that have bubbled under surface as a large component of the crime statistics. I.e., the displacement of jobs, the chronic lack of activities for and training of the age group that would be the future workforce, and the stress of becoming homeless and unable to cope, that manifest into a rash of petty crimes and idiotic minor disputes that erupt in gunfire instead of fist fights.

[Icanthinkformyself]

14. White collar

crime will, as usual, go under the radar of a crackdown. Can't expect the rich to play by the peon's rules, can we? If 'reform' doesn't include restructuring the country's police departments it's meaningless moving of the deck chairs.
Modern humans: space age technology. Cave age mentality.

[yaesu]

15. As long as the tough on crime doesn't focus on the poor while leaving the rich elite to do what they

want without worries. The two justice system crap needs to end.

[Rebl2]

21. So agree

[The Mouth]

26. Need to be "more than X amount of dollars a serious sentence

There should be no difference between someone who holds up a 7/11 or one who raids a corporate pension, have a hard and fast rule that for theft of so much money, such and such a sentence must be served. Of course anyone using violence or the threat thereof should face additional penalties. preferable very severe ones.

Treat all similar crimes with the same dollar loss to the exact same sentence, tie number of years to amount. Then the white collar criminals will fear.

We need less discretion and more even sentencing; I trust formulas more than judges and firm, unalterable sentences more than one person being favored because of color or status.

[onetexan]

19. Biden's right and i trust his proven instincts.

[The Mouth]

23. Use violence or the threat thereof against another human

except in self-defense and you should never see the outside of a prison cell again.

[IronLionZion]

24. We can balance tough on crime without brutality on unarmed people

There are many opportunities for reforms that can work out well for people and the justice dept. Such as a clear process for how to deal with repeat offenders and who is in charge during a school shooting.

[Initech]

27. I want "I can go out in public and not worry that I'm going to die in a mass shooting" policies.

Can we get those enacted please, sir?

[Cha]

28. Yeah, like the Jan 6th Domestic Terrorists

💙💛

[peppertree]

37. +1

My fear has long been that we'll lose this political window of opportunity to hold them accountable - and that within a few years, many will in fact run for Congress, get their dirty asses in, and end our two-party democracy as we know it.

[Deminpenn]

33. A good start would be to make all drugs

safe, legal, regulated and taxed, just like alcohol and cigarettes. It is the lesson of Prohibition.

[peppertree]

36. +1

But the Jim Crow and John Birch crowd love undeclared martial law (which is what the 'war on drugs' really has been), so it's unlikely to change.

[MichMan]

38. Having a meth lab nearby would be convenient for some people