Joe Biden has called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, moments after shocking police video was released showing an Illinois officer fatally shooting Sonya Massey after she called police fearing a home intruder.
In his first public statement since dropping his bid for re-election, Biden said the shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman, by white Sangamon county sheriff’s deputy Sean Grayson, in her home in Springfield, after a dispute over a pot of boiling water, “reminds us that all too often Black Americans face fears for their safety in ways many of the rest of us do not”.
Biden, who is recovering from Covid at his home in Delaware, said Massey, “a beloved mother, friend, daughter and young Black woman … should be alive today”.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-fund-the-police-biden-says-at-state-of-the-union
How quick will mainstream Dems forget about police reform after THIS election? It was already a weak point for Harris.
Everything we saw in 2020 and no (AFAICT) meaningful change.
The Republican candidate is a real policing iconoclast
so that makes it okay for the Democrats to sit on it because that is way better than actively participating?
think we went through this with Germany already not just Nazis but the quiet people in power who never spoke up
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Funny, I don’t remember bringing up Republicans at all. I already expect nothing good from them.
The Republican candidate is a real policing iconoclast
Guess I should excuse any sort of inaction from Dems then. Good point!
It’s just what we’re stuck with until we get rid of first past the post
You are talking about voting. I’m already voting for them. Aren’t I at least allowed to criticize them while also voting for them, or is that a bridge too far?
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Which Republicans made Biden say this? https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-fund-the-police-biden-says-at-state-of-the-union
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Bro, you run the justice department do something about it.
What federal law did these cops break that the DOJ could prosecute?
He’s doing about the entirety of what he can do right now by urging congress to pass this bill, he’s already signed several executive orders on police reform.
Well, isn’t murder a crime? There’s your broken law…
Well, isn’t murder a crime?
Not when it is part of an official government act, at least according to the SCOTUS.
Strafe a hospital, bomb a wedding, waterboard a migrant, rape a nun. It’s all good, so long as you’re doing it on the payroll of a state institution.
That was worse than I was picturing. She immediately dropped to her knees while saying sorry (twice, panicked) , with her hands up and they shot her. She had released the pot the moment they got aggravated. It’s such a shame that this keeps happening and the only response police have is “more money please.”
Just tired of reading about this shit while our DOJ twiddles its thumbs and our legislature waves little “Blue Lives Matter” flags in the faces of the survivors.
DROP THE FUCKING POT! Didn’t Kamala back these cops when she was a DA?
This was in Springfield, Illinois and she was a DA in San Francisco, California. So presumably not.
Does the proposed bill ensure American police get like three years training to become community-oriented and not a power tripping police officers?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cop_City
Exactly the reverse, actually
