Get a rope.
wsj.com
Oct. 15, 2020
By Eliza Collins
Biden said Clinton’s 1994 “tough on crime” bill was his bill
Bill increased incarceration for young black men
Now Says his Support for Crime Bill Was a Mistake
Joe Biden said it was a mistake to support the 1994 crime law that led to an increase in incarceration of black men.
Mr. Biden said supporting the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was a mistake but that the bill came from good intentions.
Biden has been criticized for shepherding the bill, and other criminal justice measures, through Congress in his role as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee in the 1980s and 1990s.
Critics of Mr. Biden have said the 1994 crime bill, and other laws passed during that time, led to systemic racism within the nation’s criminal-justice system.....and led to mass incarceration for young Black men.
Mr. Biden also said he still believes that “more cops clearly mean less crime,” but only “if they’re involved in community policing not jump squads.”