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   On 27 Sep 2023, King Johnson  posted some   
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   > I'd take my dress off for Obama or Don Lemon.  Big Mike too!   
      
   Biden has sought to distance himself from anti-police rhetoric throughout   
   his term   
      
   A leader of President Joe Biden’s anti-gun violence initiative is a former   
   left-wing activist who decried larger police budgets in the wake of the   
   George Floyd crime wave.   
      
   Biden launched the White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention on Sept.   
   22, as part of his administration's effort to "combat the epidemic of gun   
   violence that is tearing our families, our communities, and our country   
   apart." Officially helmed by Vice President Kamala Harris, the initiative   
   will be led in part by Greg Jackson, the former executive director of the   
   left-wing Community Justice Action Fund.   
      
   The president lauded Jackson and Rob Wilcox, whom Biden also tapped for   
   the office, for "being advocates for change." But the change Jackson   
   advocates for puts him at odds with a major White House stance.   
      
   Jackson has attacked police departments and their budgets throughout his   
   career, including in a January 2021 University of Maryland policing   
   seminar when he lamented that he is "struggling to survive while … police   
   budgets thrive." That same year, Jackson participated in an Obama   
   Foundation webinar entitled "Re Imagining Policing," during which he   
   touted "community-led violence intervention and prevention strategies" in   
   place of traditional law enforcement. The goal, Jackson said, is to   
   "ultimately reduce the need for policing."   
      
   Biden has sought to distance himself from anti-police rhetoric throughout   
   his term, a stance that has put him at loggerheads with the progressive   
   wing of the Democratic Party. During his 2022 State of the Union address,   
   Biden said, "the answer is not to defund the police, but to fund the   
   police." The White House webpage announcing the Office of Gun Violence   
   Prevention notes that "President Biden continues to call" for legislation   
   that "would put more police officers on our streets."   
      
   Neither the White House nor Jackson responded to requests for comment.   
      
   The Community Justice Action Fund scrubbed Jackson’s bio and other   
   information from its website prior to Biden’s announcement. But a review   
   of the Internet Archive reveals that the organization routinely railed   
   against increased funding for law enforcement.   
      
   A project of the George Soros-backed Tides Foundation, the Community   
   Justice Action Fund penned an open letter in 2020 outlining principles   
   that included demands that governments "divest from aggressive policing,"   
   as well as "acknowledge that Black Lives Matter." Other left-wing groups,   
   including the National Black Justice Coalition and the American Federation   
   of Teachers were among the signatories. That letter has since been deleted   
   from the organization’s website.   
      
   The Community Justice Action Fund has waded into other issues as well,   
   including immigration. A founding member of the organization called on the   
   Senate to block provisions in a background check bill that would report   
   illegal immigrants who attempt to purchase a firearm to Immigration and   
   Customs Enforcement. Although purchasing, or attempting to purchase, a   
   firearm as an illegal immigration is a crime, the organization said   
   Immigration and Customs Enforcement "has no place in making communities   
   safer."   
      
   Violent crime has continued to plague the nation’s cities since 2020, with   
   many alleging that alternatives to policing policies are in large part to   
   blame. Although the homicide rate has receded, it is still roughly 25   
   percent higher than in the first half of 2019, according to the Council on   
   Criminal Justice.   
      
   Jackson does not see increased police presence as a solution to rising   
   crime. Speaking at the University of Maryland policing seminar in 2021, he   
   lamented that "there’s still a lot of cities, unfortunately, across the   
   country that only see policing as their strategy to address violence."   
      
   Published under: Defund the Police , George Soros , Gun Control , Guns ,   
   Joe Biden , Tides Foundation   
      
   https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/biden-taps-anti-cop-activist-   
   to-lead-white-house-gun-violence-office/   
      
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