{"id":1434214,"date":"2022-04-12T21:46:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T01:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434214"},"modified":"2022-04-12T21:46:12","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T01:46:12","slug":"disgraced-new-york-democrat-lt-gov-brian-benjamin-supported-defund-the-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/disgraced-new-york-democrat-lt-gov-brian-benjamin-supported-defund-the-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Disgraced New York Democrat Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin Supported Defund the Police"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fdisgraced-new-york-democrat-lt-gov-brian-benjamin-supported-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=1434214&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\/Defund-the-Police-Mask-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Democrat New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin expressed support for defund the police prior to his arrest on Tuesday for alleged bribery conspiracy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI support the movement to defund the police because I believe that there are parts of the NYPD budget that are not essential for public safety,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/new-yorks-new-lieutenant-governor-supports-movement-to-defund-police\/\">Benjamin said<\/a>\u00a0prior to\u00a0New York Governor Kathy Hochul (D) selecting him as her lieutenant governor.<\/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>The former New York State Senator also expressed support for parole reform and an end to the use of cash bail. At the time of his selection, the New York Republican State Committee said that Hochul endorsed the most radical elements of the Democrat party by selecting Benjamin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNew Yorkers are being shot, stabbed, raped, robbed, and attacked in huge crime surges across our state and Kathy Hochul doubled down on Democrats\u2019 dangerous agenda by appointing a \u2018Defund the Police\u2019 radical leftist to serve as her second in command,\u201d\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NickLangworthy\/status\/1430562208677826560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0Nick Langworthy.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year, President Joe Biden attempted to distance himself and the Democrats from \u201cDefund the Police\u201d much to the chagrin of hardcore progressives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProven strategies like community violence interruption, trusted messengers working the cycle of violence and trauma and giving young people hope,\u201d Biden said during his \u201cState of the Union\u201d address. \u201c<span class=\"annotation\">We should all agree the answer is not to defund the police. It is to fund the police \u2014 to fund them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The president also recalled the funerals of NYPD officers\u00a0Mora and Rivera, who were\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2022\/02\/02\/nypd-prepares-to-honor-murdered-hero-wilbert-mora-with-funeral-service\/\">killed<\/a>\u00a0when responding to a 911 call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI spoke with their families and I told them we are forever in debt for their sacrifices, and we will carry on their mission to restore the trust and safety every community deserves,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">POV: listening to Biden declare \u201cthe answer is not to defund the police, it\u2019s to fund the police\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOTU?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOTU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZegIneiCvU\">pic.twitter.com\/ZegIneiCvU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Black Lives Matter (@Blklivesmatter) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Blklivesmatter\/status\/1498858833954807809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 2, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"tag-list\">As the Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/crime\/2022\/04\/12\/ny-lt-gov-brian-benjamin-arrested-bribery-conspiracy-indictment\/\">reported<\/a> on Tuesday, Benjamin was arrested\u00a0on a federal bribery conspiracy indictment for allegedly \u201cparticipating in a scheme to obtain campaign contributions from a real estate developer in exchange for Benjamin\u2019s agreement to use his influence as a state senator to get a $50,000 grant of state funds for a nonprofit organization the developer-controlled.\u201d<\/div>\n<div class=\"tag-list\">\n<p>\u201cThe indictment said Benjamin and others acting at his direction or on his behalf also engaged in a series of lies and deceptions to cover up the scheme,\u201d said the report. \u201cThey falsified campaign donor forms, misled municipal regulators and provided false information in vetting forms Benjamin submitted while he was being considered to be appointed as lieutenant governor, the indictment said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrat New York Lt. 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