Biden and Adams Team Up to Support Cops, Risking a Rift With New York Liberals
- President and New York mayor want gun-trafficking crackdown
- Liberal activists say Biden, Adams policies would be harmful
An NYPD officer monitors a crime scene in the Brooklyn borough of New York.
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President Joe Biden and New York Mayor Eric Adams promoted increased federal support for police and a crackdown on illegal guns to fight crime on Thursday, policies that risk aggravating a divide with liberals who seek an overhaul of U.S. law enforcement.
Adams, who took office last month, shares Biden’s opposition to the “defund the police” movement promoted by some progressives in the Democratic Party. They support putting more cops on the street with better training to cut down on violence in encounters with civilians -- policies that some liberals say don’t go far enough to prevent killings by police.