Former Vice President Joe Biden does not support defunding police departments in the wake of across the country protests versus authorities cruelty, his 2020 presidential campaign stated on Monday.
” As his criminal justice proposal made clear months ago, Vice President Biden does not think that authorities needs to be defunded,” campaign spokesperson Andrew Bates stated in a declaration. “He hears and shares the deep grief and aggravation of those calling out for change, and is driven to make sure that justice is done and that we put a stop to this terrible pain.”
The presumptive Democratic presidential candidate instead supports more financing for community policing programs targeted at diversifying police and providing extra body video cameras, the spokesperson said. Biden’s project platform calls for a $300 million financial investment in community-oriented policing programs at the Department of Justice.
” There are numerous cops departments across the country who are looking for to realize these sort of modifications, but haven’t had the resources to– and the Trump Administration has in reality made acquiring those resources more difficult,” Bates included the declaration, indicating President Donald Trump’s proposed cuts to the programs.
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