redirect police funding, because they have way too much money, a big change from three years ago. when he was running last time, at the democratic convention, he campaigned on the idea that police are racist, the dnc s platform stated millions of people in our country have good reason to fear that they may lose their lives in a routine traffic stop or while standing on a street corner. really? joe biden isn t talking like that anymore. it is not hard to see why. the anti-police movement that he supported big-time has destroyed major democratic controlled cities. take, for example, seattle. they lost many officers and hit a 30-year low in the number of officers on the payroll. on top of that, seattle s state government where the senate and hougs are controlled by democrats has decided to decriminalize drug possession, effective july 1st. no state law in washington against drug possession. that is absolutely true. democrats refused a compromise bill are republicans because it i
because they have way too much money. that s a big change from three years ago. when he was running last time at the democratic national convention. i know it seems like a lifetime ago, joe biden campaigned on the idea that police are racist. the dnc platform stated this, quote, millions of people in our country have good reason to fear that they may lose their lives in a routine traffic stop or while standing on a street corner. really? joe biden isn t talking like that anymore. and it s not hard to see why the antipolice movement that joe biden supported big time has destroyed major democratic controlled cities. take, for example, seattle, after 2020 of the seattle police department lost four hundred officers. they picked up and left, put down their badges. they had other stuff to do where they were appreciated and they just hit a 30 year low in the numbers of officers on the payroll. on top of that seattle state government, where both the senate and house are controlled by
Possibly see a big change. right now, it is not going to happen. there is not going to be a change. brian: you are hundreds of police officers down. you don t see a change. here in new york, we have terrible no-cash bail laws. not enough but beginning to change. is there any movement among democrats with super majorities to sense, we have to do something? it is affecting all of us now? we do hear chatter and both here in san francisco with our city hall leadership along with the state in sacramento. there are these plans to potentially try and tweak and rye move certain parts of that prop 47 to make it $400 instead of $950 to lower that threshold to be a felony. as you brought up, the problem is, with he need more law enforcement on the street to take these chiefs that get caught off the street and bring them into the police station and then the district attorney needs
Could possibly see a big change. but right now, it s not going to happen. not there s not going to be a change in hundreds of police officers down. you don t see a change. now, here in new york , we have terrible no cash . we have no cash bail laws. they are beginning to change. not enough, but beginning to change. is there any movement among even democrats with super majorities to say, okay, we have to do something? it s affecting all of us now? yeah, well, we do hear chatter and both here in san francisco with our city hall leadership, along with the state in sacramento, there s these plans to potentially try and tweak and remove certain parts of that prop. forty seven to make it four hundred dollars instead of nine hundred and fifty to lower that threshold. to be a felony. but as you brought up the problem is we need more law enforcement on the street to take these thieves that get caught off the street and bring them into the police