I want to add $300 million to their local budgets to deal with community policing to get police and communities back together again," Biden told KDKA. SEATTLE CITY COUNCIL APPROVES PLAN TO DEFUND POLICE DEPARTMENT, SLASHES JOBS AND SALARIES"The only person defunding the police is the president," he continued. With many people calling attention to racial inequality in the justice system, Biden also addressed accusations that the U.S. is a racist country. Byrne grants through the Justice Department are the "leading source of federal justice funding to state and local jurisdictions," according to the program's webpage. "That's not the same as getting rid of or defunding all the police," Biden told Barkan in July.

Source: Fox News September 01, 2020 17:03 UTC