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Biden Proposes $30 Billion for Policing
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
08 Apr 2022
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Margaret Kimberley · Biden Proposes $30 Billion for Policing

President Joe Biden is proposing $30 billion in new funding to states and localities to hire more police. He and other democrats make clear they want to silence the demand for defunding the police. Dr. Charisse Burden Stelly, Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Political Science at Carleton College and Co-Coordinator of the Black Alliance for Peace Research & Political Education Team, explains.

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