Biden in a bind over calls to defund the police
by Naomi Lim
| June 08, 2020 04:57 PM
The aftermath of George Floyd's death in police custody has created a time for choosing in Joe Biden's campaign, whether he wants it or not.
The 2020 presumptive Democratic nominee is caught between the party's far-left and centrist factions over activist calls for the police to be defunded.
Biden was silent over the weekend as lawmakers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the site of Floyd's death, debated the idea and protesters painted the new rallying cry on the road leading to the White House.
Instead, the two-term vice president pushed Congress to act fast on police-reform measures, such as a federal chokehold ban, national use-of-force guidelines, and a crackdown on police militarization. Those initiatives lost him support among police groups, including the National Association of Police Organizations. At the same time, his team pointed to his pitch to invest $300 million in the Community Oriented Policing Services program.
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