The media has let Republicans spread this bogus talking point.
Biden has supported increased funding for police.
Category: law enforcement
The five states with the highest murder rate voted for Trump
So much for Republican crime hysteria about crime in cities.
States with highest murder rates per 100k (in order): Louisiana 15.8, Missouri 11.8, Mississippi 10.6, Arkansas 10.6, South Carolina 10.5, Alabama 9.6, Tennessee 9.6, Illinois 9.1. Data really shatters Republican/Mainstream Media narrative about nature of our crime problem.
— David Rothschild 🇺🇦 (@DavMicRot) March 20, 2022
"The five states with the highest murder rates, all Trump-voting states, had rates at least 240 percent higher than New York’s murder rate."@CapehartJ reports on a fascinating new study with findings Republicans won't talk about. Via @PostOpinions:https://t.co/LWO75lDPfk
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 22, 2022
Murder rates are 40% higher in the 25 states that Trump won than the 25 states that Biden won.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) June 17, 2022
My brother who lives in Omaha did not want to go to NYC because of "how bad crime has gotten." Instead, he wants to go to Nashville. Umm…. Just shows how the media's focus on large cities can mislead average Americans pic.twitter.com/Dh6dL2FCYj
— Tom Scott (@Tom_Scott_Crim) March 12, 2022
"The rate of murders in the US has gone up at an alarming rate. But, despite a media narrative to the contrary, this is a problem that afflicts Republican-run cities and states as much or more than the Democratic bastions." https://t.co/yCxI0H42pg @ThirdWayTweet
— Kirsten Powers (@KirstenPowers) March 24, 2022
How Republicans have not voted to fund the police
Even the Squad is more pro-police than these Republicans https://t.co/qqAeEJ7DNG
— Dana Milbank (@Milbank) June 29, 2021
Jen Psaki just had a long back and forth with Peter Doocy and held to her contention that it's Republicans who want to defund the police. She says Biden won on expanding police funding and knocked GOP support for cutting the COPS program. "Actions speak louder than words."
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 30, 2021
NEWS: When House Republicans voted against the Rescue Plan, at least 10 of them voted to defund their own police departments.
— Robyn Patterson (@RM_Patterson) July 1, 2021
via @NBCNews https://t.co/Lr9F34qQo9
We’re hearing from our sources that @EliseStefanik is “hysterically melting down” over this coverage of her anti-police votes.
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 1, 2021
Stefanik is #BackstabbingTheBlue and hoped no one would notice. https://t.co/A6Z45xHycG
At least 70 people have died in custody after saying “I Can’t Breathe”
Over the past decade, The New York Times found, at least 70 people have died in law enforcement custody after saying the same words — “I can’t breathe” https://t.co/bdaYzT1PxN
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 29, 2020
More police racism
Some news via @rorylaverty in NC: After Wilmington police officers were recorded using racist, violent language, the DA says his office will dismiss 89 pending cases involving them + asked people from other cases linked to them to contact him with concerns about racial bias https://t.co/t2xcKxZP56
— Mark Berman (@markberman) June 25, 2020
My God.
— Steven Dennis (@StevenTDennis) June 25, 2020
Fired NC police officer on tape:
"We are just going to go out and start slaughtering them (expletive)”…“I can’t wait. God, I can’t wait.”
Civil war to “wipe them off the (expletive) map. That’ll put them back about four or five generations.” https://t.co/BAuWQe5xI2
New: NY police officer seen putting man in chokehold over the weekend has been arrested and charged with “attempted strangulation” and “strangulation,” says NYPD.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 25, 2020
The “just a few bad apples” argument weakens with each passing day. https://t.co/rN7iafKkLl
— Midwin Charles (@MidwinCharles) June 25, 2020
His name is Carlos Adrian Ingram Lopez.
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) June 25, 2020
He cried out for his grandmother as police handcuffed him face-down for 12 mins. He couldn’t breathe.
He was killed by police two months ago, but body cam video was just released—officers must be held accountable. https://t.co/l6NnwdwkiH
Three police officers stopped this man on the side of the road, accused him of suspicious activity, picked him up, slammed him down, broke his wrist, handcuffed him while he was screaming — then realized they had the wrong man.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) June 24, 2020
Because – skin color…
pic.twitter.com/awfLk2DNRP
One of the most painful things about the #ElijahMcClain story is it happened nearly a year ago & many of us are just finding out about it. Literally can’t even imagine the number of unarmed black lives that have ended that went unnoticed. https://t.co/lEO3h99gCy
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 24, 2020
The same officer was caught on video in 2014 pistol whipping a teenager and knocking the child’s teeth out. Now he chokes out a man and is suspended w/o pay. They know who the “bad apples” are. That’s why the problem is systemic. https://t.co/fkfeZJhUH5
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) June 21, 2020
Trump or Barr – who’s lying about the SDNY firing?
Berman backed Barr into appointing a replacement who is far more of a DOJ lifer than he was.
— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) June 20, 2020
Barr just threw the SDNY investigations out of the frying pan and into the fire.
And now Berman is free to speak. https://t.co/6AlCwooXOx
Will Barr now interpret this to be a “resignation” by Berman and use this opportunity to replace Strauss with someone of his choice in the near future? https://t.co/HhJ0jdpMLY
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) June 20, 2020
Geoff Berman has agreed to leave. Thank you for your service to the country. Despite challenges, the fine people at SDNY will continue the long tradition of integrity and independence under Audrey Strauss. Let’s all wish her well. 🙏 https://t.co/9KRgUOeObn
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 20, 2020
BREAKING: Geoffrey Berman says he will step down as U.S. attorney in Manhattan, in light of Attorney General William Barr's decision to name Berman's deputy, Audrey Strauss, as acting U.S. attorney. [More] https://t.co/vNi4numDkv
— Benjamin Weiser (@BenWeiserNYT) June 20, 2020
Geoff Berman says he’s leaving: pic.twitter.com/nY5rdCnaRQ
— Shimon Prokupecz (@ShimonPro) June 20, 2020
.@RepJerryNadler announces the House Judiciary Committee will open an investigation into the Berman/SDNY firing: pic.twitter.com/mVNfe8aZoR
— Phil Mattingly (@Phil_Mattingly) June 20, 2020
Barr says Trump has now fired Berman. This, Barr says, is authorized by 241(c). Notably, however, Barr has shifted, and is allowing the Deputy US Attorney to serve as the Acting US Attorney — and not, as per last night’s release, the NJ US Attorney. https://t.co/I73mOZtFAZ
— Chris Geidner (@chrisgeidner) June 20, 2020
Yes, Trump is saying he's not involved, and that's the only way Berman can be removed. Barr is a wannabe President, but he's not the President. As I read the law, Berman is still the US Attorney for SDNY. https://t.co/FAJpSZNGmc
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) June 20, 2020
Barr CAN’T legally remove Berman as SDNY US Attorney because Berman was installed by federal judges in NY when Trump failed to nominate & have confirmed a US Attorney for SDNY. Let’s see if Trump now tries to fire Berman. If he does, it’s a sign of extreme desperation & coverup.
— Glenn Kirschner (@glennkirschner2) June 20, 2020
Many things about this Barr letter
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 20, 2020
1. It says Berman must vacate today
2. It retreats from bizarre appointment of the NJ US attorney to lead both DNJ & SDNY https://t.co/jDAiPzJEpx
Now: Trump just said that "I am not involved" in firing of US Attorney Berman SDNY – saying it's up to AG Barr not him. This plays right into Berman's hands if Berman wants to contest Barr's authority.
— Shanlon Wu (@shanlonwu) June 20, 2020
As we ask why Trump and Barr want to fire Geoffrey Berman from SDNY, we should consider this: It’s possible that there’s an entirely new investigation that we don’t know about yet. That Trump and Barr don’t want to go forward.
— Anne Milgram (@AnneMilgram) June 20, 2020
Given Senator Schumer’s call for Jay Clayton to withdraw from SDNY consideration, this announcement by Senator Graham means Clayton’s nomination is dead on arrival https://t.co/7fCnZF7gsw
— Preet Bharara (@PreetBharara) June 20, 2020
Trump lies about Obama, Biden and policing
He said they did nothing. He’s a liar…again.
His speech was worthless and he used the white supremacy keyword “heritage” at the end to appeal to the bigots in his base.
So that was weird. And my GOP source was correct in that there was no substance in Trump’s “police reform” announcement. It was mainly a ramble, praising himself, attacking President Obama and Democratic mayors and droning about the economy while gushing over police and violence.
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) June 16, 2020
So the EO "bans chokeholds" except when the police want to use chokeholds?
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) June 16, 2020
The 116-page 2015 report of Obama's "Task Force on 21st Century Policing" is still up on the Department of Justice website: https://t.co/nFpgpHBq8s https://t.co/f52Eziy9cm
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) June 16, 2020
NEW: Dwayne L. Palmer & his mother, Rose, were among the families who met w/ Pres Trump for about an hour. Palmer told me Trump was sympathetic but used a lot of "platitudes." "Kind words," he said. "But, speaking for my family, we are beyond kind words. We want to see action.”
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 16, 2020
NOT TRUE what @realDonaldTrump said that @BarackObama & @JoeBiden did nothing! The Obama admin had 21st Century Policing enforced by the DOJ & its Civil Rights Division. Pattern & Practice & body cams were part of the accountability then. Trump abolished the Civil Rights office
— AprilDRyan (@AprilDRyan) June 16, 2020
Trump claims Obama and Biden "never even tried" to address these problems during their eight years in office. That's not true at all.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 16, 2020
Trump says Obama didn't reform policing. But Obama did and then Trump ditched it https://t.co/VsQMtdr3TE
— Ali Velshi (@AliVelshi) June 16, 2020
Tear gas used on protesters in 98 US cities
This will also make them more vulnerable to getting the coronavirus at the protests.
Law enforcement agencies are using tear gas against people protesting police brutality and racism at levels not seen since periods of unrest in the 1960s and 70s, experts say.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 16, 2020
We examined how and where it was used. This is what we found. https://t.co/v2wehPbaFJ
Additional videos of racist police brutality
This is why most Black folks aren't happy to just "reform" the police. How do you reform a group that thinks the solution to someone asleep in their car is killing them? & this is more than 2 weeks AFTER #GeorgeFloyd & worldwide protests. #DefundThePolice https://t.co/sRd0DXgDsE
— W. Kamau Bell (@wkamaubell) June 13, 2020
How are people supposed to trust a police force whose leadership sees this video and says we don't have a problem here. https://t.co/okorJPf648
— Bruce Anderson (@bruceanderson) June 12, 2020
'I can't breathe,' Oklahoma man, Derrick Scott, 42, tells police before dying. 'I don't care,' officer responds.https://t.co/D95XOgxzqg
— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) June 11, 2020
Newly released body camera footage from an arrest in Oklahoma City last year shows a suspect saying “I can’t breathe,” and an officer responding "I don't care," before the man died at a hospital. https://t.co/Z23DuHXH4u
— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 11, 2020
Heavily armed, violent mass murderers like Dylann Roof are somehow arrested without incident.
— Hakeem Jeffries (@RepJeffries) June 10, 2020
Innocent, unarmed African-Americans are repeatedly killed during police encounters.
Why? pic.twitter.com/a9mxH05CjM
“He had committed no crime. What he needed what a helping hand—but he got was a deadly knee,” Ben Crump, the attorney for Timothy Coffman’s family. https://t.co/ppNzkgPmkT
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 19, 2020
More bad police behavior in videos and photos
Video shows Pittsburgh Police arresting and pinning woman to ground in East Liberty before deploying tear gas at onlookers.https://t.co/e5JfNOqPnH
— Pittsburgh City Paper (@PGHCityPaper) June 10, 2020
another way of saying police repeatedly caught lying https://t.co/9PzU9UQjfF
— Steadman™ (@AsteadWesley) June 9, 2020
This "officer" is still employed by the LAPD.
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) June 9, 2020
No charges have been filed.
He was not even fired.
Note that the other cop does nothing to stop the violence.
And take special note that @MayorOfLA Garcetti and @LAPDChiefMoore have done nothing to punish this criminal behavior. pic.twitter.com/4sfDoZytIj
New videos emerge showing deadly police encounters @MartinSavidge reports pic.twitter.com/dg7lyZZNIC
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) June 9, 2020
Remind me why we need the police? Because this shit happens all the time. https://t.co/ILKk0li18G
— TourĂ© (@Toure) June 9, 2020
YES, police are more likely to use excessive force against African Americans:
— Tim Alberta (@TimAlberta) June 8, 2020
***post-Eric Garner (2014): 33% of Americans, 26% of whites
***post-George Floyd (2020): 57% of Americans, 49% of whites
This is the ground shifting beneath us in real time.https://t.co/wndq8pdJOG
There are ways to arrest someone without using a CHOKEHOLD!! What’s happening in this video from Bellevue, WA (near Seattle) continues to happen in countless cities across America. It’s tragic and needs to STOP. Police brutality is a choice, plain and simple. #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/yjpVl1103j
— Ben Crump (@AttorneyCrump) June 7, 2020
repulsive https://t.co/AUlojVX6ML
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) June 6, 2020
This 200lb white cop topped and choked out a black woman over a title transfer.
— StanceGrounded (@_SJPeace_) June 6, 2020
THE COP WORKS FOR BELLVUE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN WASHINGTON STATE!
WHO IS HE?
BLACK LIVES MATTER pic.twitter.com/88awIQod52
Among white Americans those who have a very favorable or somewhat favorable impression of police officers, dropped to 61%. That's down from 72% the previous week.https://t.co/DERa6Cva4F
— Eugene Scott (@Eugene_Scott) June 6, 2020
A Miami-Dade police officer faces a battery charge after video showed him throwing a black woman to the ground during an arrest after she called 911 to report a man threatening her and a friend with a gun. https://t.co/QjaHU601nA
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 4, 2019
Sad! 