U.S. Politics

[Badger]

If you weigh the odds that this Congress would do something to alleviate the material conditions that lead to this kind of desperation, vs them passing some sort of broad sweeping increase of police powers, doing nothing is not the worst outcome here.

[SixFeetDeep]

If you weigh the odds that this Congress would do something to alleviate the material conditions that lead to this kind of desperation, vs them passing some sort of broad sweeping increase of police powers, doing nothing is not the worst outcome here.

Why would a Democrat controlled congress do the latter?

[SixFeetDeep]

If you weigh the odds that this Congress would do something to alleviate the material conditions that lead to this kind of desperation, vs them passing some sort of broad sweeping increase of police powers, doing nothing is not the worst outcome here.

From Joe Biden’s website, section “The Biden Plan for Black America”

Reinvigorate community-oriented policing.

Policing works best when officers are out of their cruisers and walking the streets, engaging with and getting to know members of their communities. But in order to do that, police departments need resources to hire a sufficient number of officers. Biden spearheaded the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program, which authorized funding both for the hiring of additional police officers and for training on how to undertake a community policing approach. However, the program has never been funded to fulfill the original vision for community policing. Biden will reinvigorate the COPS program with a $300 million investment. As a condition of the grant, hiring of police officers must mirror the racial diversity of the community they serve. Additionally, as President, Biden will establish a panel to scrutinize what equipment is used by law enforcement in our communities.

[Badger]

Why would a Democrat controlled congress do the latter?

lmao

[CatoTheElder]

Why would a Democrat controlled congress do the latter?

Democrats wrote and passed the Crime Bill in the first place. Although if Joe gets elected he probably would do everything in his power to try and mitigate the fact that he wrote the original bill from his legacy.

[SixFeetDeep]

I was told Democrats are good

[CatoTheElder]

I was told Democrats are good

Anyone can freak this up.

[Badger]

I was told Democrats are good

Depends which ones

[Derek Smalls]

I was told Democrats are good

Being better than the other side doesn't make them good.

[SixFeetDeep]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1267833527002894339?s=21

[reuben]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1267833527002894339?s=21

Meh.  Trump or Pelosi, I really don't care.  It's primary purpose is as a prop for hypocrites, other than that it's just the world's worst fan fiction. 

[CatoTheElder]

https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1267833527002894339?s=21

It’s been done. Although she looks less confused about what she’s holding than that other guy.

[Johnny English]

The most Presidential thing that 45 has ever said:

“We are a nation in pain, but we must not allow this pain to destroy us. We are a nation enraged, but we cannot allow our rage to consume us. We are a nation exhausted, but we will not allow our exhaustion to defeat us. The only way to bear this pain is to turn all that anguish to purpose. And as President, I will help lead this conversation — and more importantly, I will listen, just as I did today visiting the site of last night's protests in Wilmington”.

Oh no wait, my mistake. It wasn't Trump who said this, it was Biden. It should have been Trump saying it, but he doesn't have the first clue what being a leader is about.

[d sw0rdz]

The most Presidential thing that 45 has ever said:

Oh no wait, my mistake. It wasn't Trump who said this, it was Biden. It should have been Trump saying it, but he doesn't have the first clue what being a leader is about.

talk is cheap. he's obviously using the moment to push his run for presidency. this is the same guy that not two weeks ago said black identity began and ended with whether or not a person was voting for him

[Johnny English]

talk is cheap. he's obviously using the moment to push his run for presidency. this is the same guy that not two weeks ago said black identity began and ended with whether or not a person was voting for him

Not really my point, which was that someone who has never been President managed to make a more Presidential speech than anything that has left the mouth of someone who has been in the job for almost a whole term. It was a criticism of Trump, not an endorsement of Biden (although FWIW I think that your characterisation of what he said is a bit reductive and lacking in context).