Biden's State of the Union Promise to "Fund Police" was Pure Lip Service

By Dr. John Lott

Biden claimed in the SOTU address that he wants to restore safety and control crime. He denounced efforts to “defund” the police. But with congressional elections coming up, he lacked any useful proposals. He claimed that "the American Rescue Plan provided $350 billion that cities, states, and counties can use to hire more police and invest in proven strategies like community violence interruption." However, last year, even liberal fact-checkers acknowledged: the bill "did not stipulate that the relief funding had to be used on police officers or for other law enforcement initiatives." [more...]