COVID relief not cops

Biden’s gun violence package allows federal stimulus to go to police hiring. This is a fatal mistake.

Justin Ward

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In the early 1990s, a national panic over violent crime prompted the Clinton Administration to pass sweeping legislation that included $1.4 billion annually to hire 100,000 new police officers. As a result, police budgets swelled across the country and mass

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Justin Ward

Journalist and activist. Founder and co-chair of DivestSPD. Bylines at SPLC, The Baffler, GEN, USA Today. Follow on Twitter: @justwardoctrine, @DivestSPD