{"id":1270764,"date":"2022-02-04T11:23:48","date_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1270764"},"modified":"2022-02-04T11:23:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-04T16:23:53","slug":"joe-biden-blames-guns-for-crime-wave-in-democrat-run-cities-the-answer-is-not-to-defund-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-blames-guns-for-crime-wave-in-democrat-run-cities-the-answer-is-not-to-defund-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Biden Blames Guns for Crime Wave in Democrat-Run Cities: &#039;The Answer Is Not to Defund the Police&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjoe-biden-blames-guns-for-crime-wave-in-democrat-run-cities-the-answer-is-not-to-defund-the-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1270764&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Joe-Biden-at-NYPD-HQ-2-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">President Joe Biden met with New York Democrats on Thursday, blaming the number of available guns in New York City for the dramatic rise in crime.<\/p>\n<p>The president indicated that Republicans were blocking gun control measures in Congress, allowing the rise in gun crime to continue.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cEnough is enough,\u201d Biden said angrily. \u201cBecause we know we can do things about this, but for the resistance, we\u2019re getting from some sectors of the government and the congress and the state legislatures, and the organizational structures out there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Six NYPD police officers have been <a href=\"https:\/\/bronx.news12.com\/harlem-shooting-marks-6th-police-involved-shooting-in-nyc-of-2022\">shot<\/a> by criminals already in 2022 amidst rising crime rates in New York City. Two officers, Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnewyork.com\/news\/local\/fallen-officers-rivera-mora-sought-bridges-between-nypd-and-communities\/3519708\/\">shot<\/a> and killed in the line of duty after responding to a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>A group of New York City Police officers sat in chairs behind Biden as he spoke about the deaths of the two officers who were shot and killed in the month of January.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Biden repeated he was not looking to defund the police but wanted to spend more money hiring \u201cbeyond someone with a gun strapped their shoulder, to their hip.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more social workers. We need more mental health workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He told police officers it was wrong to expect them to handle all incidents of public disturbance that included mental health problems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe answer is not to defund the police. It\u2019s to give you the tools, the training, the funding, to be partners, to be protectors,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/17\/nypd-data-shows-serious-crimes-up-despite-adams-claims\/\">reports<\/a> that \u201cnearly every category of overall serious crime in the city is on the rise\u201d in 2022, citing police data showing an increase of 35.2 percent in crime compared to 2021.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Democrats in the state continue loosening prosecution guidelines for minor crimes in the name of criminal justice.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, New York State <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/crime-courts\/fair-or-dangerous-days-after-ending-cash-bail-new-york-n1111346\">eliminated<\/a> cash bail and required the release of people charged with misdemeanors and nonviolent felonies.<\/p>\n<p>Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg began the year <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/01\/04\/soros-linked-manhattan-da-alvin-bragg-no-incarceration-except-for-homicide-and-a-few-other-cases\">announcing<\/a> his office would not put accused criminals in detention before trial unless it was a homicide or other serious crimes.<\/p>\n<p>Overall crime is up 38 percent and shootings up 32 percent, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.today.com\/video\/biden-to-visit-nyc-to-address-spike-in-gun-violence-across-us-132341829534\">according<\/a> to NBC News. Other non-gun-related crimes have spiked including 70 percent in transit crime and car thefts up 93 percent.<\/p>\n<p>But Biden focused his attention during the event on guns.<\/p>\n<p>He condemned the \u201ciron pipeline\u201d of guns coming up to New York City and Northeastern cities from the South, citing Mayor Eric Adams\u2019 description of the availability of guns in the city as a \u201csea fed by many rivers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI put forward a plan to dam up some of those streams,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The president noted approvingly that New York was holding joint task forces to tackle gun violence in the city.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need more cities adopting the same model,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden met with New York Democrats on Thursday, blaming the number of available guns in New York City for the dramatic rise in crime. 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