Zack Sternzackstern@hachyderm.io
Oct 22, 2026, 6:07 PM@DeliaChristina I’ll never forgive Biden for* encouraging local governments to spend emergency COVID-mitigation funds on cops.
*among other things 🙃
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Diligence JonesDeliaChristina@sfba.socialOct 22, 2026, 7:36 PM@zackstern
THAT.He was one of the worst copaganda kool-aid drinkers in the Senate:
*His Senate Years: Expanding Federal Law Enforcement (1973–1993)
As a senator from Delaware, Biden helped advance the federal government's increasingly aggressive response to crime and drug trafficking.Major legislative actions:
*Comprehensive Crime Control Act of 1984: Biden supported legislation that expanded federal law enforcement powers, strengthened sentencing provisions, and changed federal bail and forfeiture laws.*Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986: Biden supported legislation establishing harsh federal drug penalties, including the notorious 100:1 sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine.
*Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988: Biden played a significant role in advancing federal drug enforcement policy, including expanded penalties, enforcement resources, and the creation of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
- Diligence JonesDeliaChristina@sfba.socialOct 22, 2026, 7:39 PM
(Cont)
Federal law enforcement funding: Biden consistently advocated for increased federal support for local police departments, drug enforcement, and federal investigative agencies.Policy orientation: Federal intervention, aggressive drug enforcement, increased penalties, and expanded police resources.
All of this basically created the punitive federal drug-policy framework associated with the War on Drugs.
Impact: Fell disproportionately on Black communities, particularly through crack cocaine sentencing disparities.
tuban_muzurutuban_muzuru@beige.partyOct 22, 2026, 8:57 PMBiden and Obama, both went after the Villain of Convenience. And there was the Respectable Black Community, right there beside them.
- Diligence JonesDeliaChristina@sfba.socialOct 22, 2026, 7:49 PM
And then there's the Crime Bill:
As chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Biden was a principal architect of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, signed by *President Bill Clinton.*
The legislation authorized approximately *$30 billion in federal spending* on expanding police department capacity.
*add 100,000 community police officers
*Establish the federal Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program
*Allocate approximately *$9.7 billion for correctional facilities*
*federal three-strikes provisions and expanded penalties
*Expanded the number of federal capital offenses
**Established major protections and funding for domestic and sexual violence prevention and response (He has been riding the laurels of VOCA/VAWA for fucking decades)
*Established a federal assault weapons ban
*Authorized billions for prevention, intervention, and treatment programsA mixed record of investment and expansion while also trying to nibble at reform, moderately.