WASHINGTON—President Biden is expected to lay out his crime-prevention strategy Wednesday amid a rise in gun violence in many cities, as Republicans seek to tie the increase in crime to calls for cuts to police departments.
Mr. Biden will emphasize that state and local officials in areas experiencing surges in gun violence can use $350 billion in Covid-19 funding to hire more law-enforcement personnel, even if it raises the total number beyond its pre-pandemic level, officials said. They also can use that money to invest in programs that try to identify and mediate potentially violent conflicts, officials said. The administration will work with 14 cities, including Atlanta, Baltimore and Detroit, that are increasing investments in such programs, known as community violence intervention.
The Labor Department will use existing funding for summer workforce development programs for young people and will help connect formerly incarcerated people with jobs, officials said. The Justice Department will take additional steps to crack downThe president is also expected to meet Wednesday with mayors, law-enforcement officials and gun violence prevention advocates to discuss the rise in crime.
using aid to fix something thats unfixable and not the economy makes sense.
Out of literally everything that money could be used for, he chooses to use it on POLICE? ARE U KIDDING ME?
'Have we considered asking them to shoot the virus out of the air?'
BidenLs
How’s that pushing left thing going?
Worthless every single one of them. This country is dying by its own hand.
Fuuuuuuuuuck that
COVID didn’t kill enough of us, so he’s sending in the cops to finish the job.
So the cops will commit the gun violence?
Good idea.
White supremacist wants to give other white supremacists more money to violently spread that supremacy more effectively.
Sorry what now?
all politicians are cops
Make no mistake, this is Biden trying to make the prison industrial complex he created even larger by using gun violence as an excuse.
So we can't have unemployment but we can get more cops. That's great. 🙄
This is like trying to put out a fire with gasoline.
So... he'll take the money away from economic relief, give it to the people who cause the vast majority of gun violence in this country, and claim it'll help reduce gun violence. GREAT plan.
Bada boom?
Cops kill us the most.
NO! You know what would prevent crime? Jobs Education Food security Housing security Childcare Healthcare Cops don't prevent crime and they solve very few. Police budgets need to be redistributed to social programs that will actually help prevent crime and help people.
Crime bill redeux? 🤔
The U.S. is the most policed nation in the developed world. Collectively, U.S. cops would rank as one of the world's largest armed forces. The police forces of most large American cities could field the equivalent of a mechanized infantry battalion complete with air support.
Guess we figured out where the missing $600 is going.
this is 'the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun' for liberals
Meanwhile Ted Cruz thinks this guy wants to abolish the police
in other words, he doesn't think the gun violence has risen high enough?
What a fucking awful idea.
The most progressive administration in history.
This will only increase shootings.
Needs to make sure they have the manpower to throw everyone out on the streets the moment eviction moratoriums end.
Liberal facade Trump
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Another horrible response.
Haven’t more than half of existing police officers refused vaccination despite having priority access? More cops = more innocent people getting stopped, frisked & exposed to COVID by their friendly neighborhood antivaxx cop.
rAdIcAl LiBeRaL
Does anyone with two brain cells really think the problem is there aren’t enough police?
And here we see that absolute power corrupts absolutely. No matter the party, the police state will proliferate. Obama armed the cops. Trump allowed for them to be cherished by some. And now Biden seeks to increase their ranks as we still recover from a lopsided pandemic.
This is exactly the opposite of what we asked for. . .
weird. we apparently needed the patriot act to put these murderous spouse abusers in tanks and robocop armor. and it only made things worse. so now the solution is...more murderous spouse abusers in tanks?
Bye
Real out of the box thinking there from a fossil and a cop. Awesome administration.
God this guy sucks so bad. No surprise but man daily he reminds me how awful he is.
Just look at the cities that have most of the violence and you have your answer.
Did someone read the whole article? What’s the angle?
getting ready to throw millions out on the street they got to protect those capitalists assets because that's who they govern for
aid that could go to eviction protection, homeless support, park maintenance, after school programs, public health initiatives… instead, hire more cops.
Basically admitting that the “Covid Relief” package was waaaaaay bigger than in needed to be. If only someone had suggested that by voting against it!
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So, his solution to gun violence is to make sure we have even more of it
'nothing will fundamentally change' Biden primary voters getting exactly what they voted for.
Ok, good. Will you support them and not allow this anti police rhetoric to continue Mr President.
Lmaoo
What happened to the Democrat’s “Defund the Police” 👮♀️ slogan - are they not using that slogan anymore?
But no student loans forgiveness?!?! POTUS JoeBiden
A Call to Protect People and Nature! Thread to Watch/read, T'h'a'c'k'e'r Pass, Nevada:
Within the economy among the top 20% are billions $$$ isolated from majority of American consumers. Much of it invested offshore in finabcial instrumentsts too remote from main street. Add wage stagnation the pandemic job loss and its time for Free money from taxes
'Gun violence.' Like in rural white America, where everyone has a gun?
The Second Amendment is the bedrock of the U. S. Constitution
We need more police in crime infested Liberal cities .
Flip floppin like his boi fauci
So more police? 🙃
Good lord
😂🤷🏾♂️ this what y’all wanted right
oh hell yeah more cops!
Just what we need, more guns on the streets.
Moonlight – Vishmak (No Copyright Music)
Let me get this straight: they enforce a alockdown and force everyone to stay home, thus reducing crime levels, and now use a year-over-year stat to justify more funding?
Violent crime was encouraged by the Left to oust Trump. Now it’s time to put the Genie back in the bottle
The term “Gun Violence” makes it sound as if people have nothing to do with the problem. If those darn guns would just stop shooting everyone.
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