Saturday, October 24, 2020

One Accomplishment, Now Disavowed

Forty seven years in government and the only real accomplishment Joe Biden made for Americans is one he now disavows. Namely, the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 aka the Biden Crime Law.

The practical effect of this law was the longer-term incarceration of violent felons, many of whom were Black males. It also supported financially the employment of perhaps 100,000 additional police. Neither of these are popular with Black activists today, so of course Biden tries to put his one-and-only achievement behind him.