.PressSec Jen Psaki bristled at the suggestion Biden was exacerbating low morale among law enforcement ranks. 'He has a long record of advocating for, supporting through funding, through speaking out [on] the role of local police, of national police.'
Press secretary Jen Psaki bristled at the suggestion Biden was exacerbating low morale among law enforcement ranks, citing speeches and statements he has made, as well as his outreach to the victims' families.
"I think that's an inaccurate characterization," she told a reporter Thursday."He has a long record of advocating for, supporting through funding, through speaking out [on] the role of local police, of national police," she said, adding they play an important role in addressing crime and keeping communities safe.En route to New York City to cover Biden's meetings with Mayor Eric Adams and Gov.
"We have been planning this trip in coordination with the mayor's office," she replied."We have invited a number of officials to attend the trip." Dominique Luzuriaga, Rivera's widow, last week slammed"the system," saying that it"continues to fail us" and"we are not safe anymore." Biden is set to announce a slate of new measures alongside Adams and Hochul Thursday, including that he will direct every U.S. Attorney’s Office nationwide to increase resources for district-specific violent crime strategies and clamp down on the “Iron Pipeline," the illegal flow of guns sold in the South, transported up the East Coast, and found at crime scenes in cities from Baltimore to New York.
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