.ZeeshanAleem: Why President Biden's trip to New York signals a death knell for police reform
, acknowledging the need for the police to reform while defending the reputation of the institution. But overall he hammered home the importance of public safety and his identity as a man of the law. At a time when crime was rising and the “defund the police” movement was fueling some backlash, Adams presented what appeared to some to be a middle path.
But in practice Adams is not a moderate reformer so far. On a symbolic level, he appears to be militarizing a civilian leadership position“I have too many police officers that are doing clerical duties,” Adams said in a recent, as if the police report to him directly. “If you’re inside, I need to know why you’re inside, and if you’re not, I need you to put on the bulletproof vest and do the job that New Yorkers hired you for.
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