6/10/2020

AFRICAN AMERICANS/JOE BIDEN/POLICE: “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.”

-Joe Biden, “Biden: We must urgently root out systemic racism, from policing to housing to opportunity,” usatoday.com, June 10, 2020