More than 50 progressive groups have signed a letter urging Joe Biden to take more aggressive steps to address policing and criminal justice reform, warning a failure to do so could jeopardize his support among black voters in November
"You cannot win the election without the enthusiastic support of Black voters, and how you act in this moment of crisis will play a big role in determining how Black votersm-- and all voters concerned with racial justice -- respond to your candidacy," the letter to the presumptive Democratic nominee reads."A 'return to normalcy' will not suffice."The letter comes amid a growing national conversation on racial justice and police brutality.
Biden's investment in community policing was part of his criminal justice plan released last summer, but he's renewed promoting the initiative amid heightened calls for police reform in the wake of nationwide protesting stemming from the death of George Floyd, a black man who died at the hands of police. The NAACP is among the groups to have supported community police efforts as well.
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