Joe Biden Should Be a Voice for Tyre Nichols at the State of the Union

Last March, down near the end of his first State of the Union address, President Joe Biden reached a somber passage where he described the recent fatal shooting of two New York City police officers. He asked for bipartisan support in pursuing both “safety and equal justice.” And then the president leaned into one particular message. “We should all agree the answer is not to defund the police,” Biden said. “It’s to fund the police. Fund them. Fund them. Fund them with resources and training—resources and training they need to protect our communities.” Nearly a year later police departments have… Read Full Article