Category: Justice
Biden Adviser: Trump ‘Has Fanned the Flames, and Incited Violence in this Country’
In the midst of a nation facing a climbing number of deaths from COVID-19 and clamoring for racial justice and police reform, Donald Trump is inciting violence as part of his attempt at re-election, according to a senior adviser to Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden.
Kamala Harris Calls BlackLivesMatter ‘Counter Force of Status Quo’
Presumptive Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris name-checked the Black Lives Matter movement for praise as she described a program that she developed earlier in her career in California.
Joe Biden: I’m Going To Be the ‘Most Progressive President in American History’
For the first time, presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden condemned Donald Trump's decision to send unidentified paramilitary federal agents into Portland Ore to take on the Black Lives Matter protesters in that city.
Former Chicago Mayor: Trump ‘Should Be Nationalizing Our Response to Public Health and Localizing Our Response to Public Safety’
By nationalizing law enforcement and localizing public health, Donald Trump's gotten his federal responses "backwards," according to a former mayor of Chicago and ex-White House chief of staff.
Trump’s Secret Police Deployment Just ‘Smells Like Politics’
Donald Trump's move to deploy unidentified Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to the streets of Portland, Ore., continued to get poor reviews from those in Congress as well as a former homeland security secretary.
Sen. Tammy Duckworth to DHS: ‘Don’t Even Think About’ Sending Federal Police to Chicago
A US senator from Illinois is warning Donald Trump not to send the kind of unidentified, paramilitary federal agents who have been snatching protesters from the streets of Portland Ore., also to the streets of Chicago.
De Blasio Signs NYPD Accountability Package into Law: ‘This Today Is a Victory’ for #BlackLivesMatter
response to the tremendous national outpouring for police reform in the wake of the murder of George Floyd while in police custody, New York City Mayor Bill deBlasio signed into law Wednesday a sweeping NYPD Accountability Package.
Schumer: Trump Exec. Order ‘Was a Bunch of Vague Incentives,’ Isn’t Going To Lead on These Issues
The reforms which Donald Trump included in an executive order he signed Tuesday to respond to the murder of George Floyd in police custody are inadequate to meet the needs of the situation which has spawned protests nationwide, according to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer.
Seattle Police Chief: Policing Will Never Be The Same as it Was Before
The Black Lives Matter protests which have broken out nationwide, including Seattle, Wash., in the wake of the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody, will no doubt change the course of US policing, according to Carmen Best, chief of the Seattle police department since 2018.
Ocasio-Cortez Backs Defunding Police: Does Any Agency Deserve To Be Funded More than Health Care, Housing and Youth Combined?
As the concept of defunding police gets play in the national conversation as part of the police reform needed in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, the issue is not just about taking dollars away from police departments, but rebalancing funding among a number of community needs which today are often starved for funding, according to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).
