On the anniversary of Breonna Taylor& #39;s murder, I& #39;d like to remind you of the deadly militarized policing laws that were written/expanded by Joe Biden.

Breonna& #39;s muderers **MUST** be brought to justice and these policies must be ABOLISHED.

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These are the policies that make it legal for killer cops to continue murdering:

1. COPS Grants.
2. Byrne Grants.
3. Civil Asset Forfeiture.

FAMILIARIZE YOURSELF WITH THESE:
But, Police department budgets are fungible therefore there& #39;s no way to control how these grants are spent once they arrive at the police dept.

And *three* decades of reports show that most of these funds went to....SWAT TEAMS and BUYING MILITARY GRADE EQUIPMENT!
So guess who created the Cops grants program?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Joe Biden

Guess who expanded it?

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Obama by 250% after Bush Jr **phased out** the program for **not** lowering crime.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> And Joe Biden plans on EXPANDING the program by $300 million.
Biden calls the program a longtime favorite and actually pushed Obama to expand it.

Bush also phased the program out for inefficiency after Bill Clinton expanded it to $500 mil annually.

https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Byrne Grants were expanded by $2 billion in 2009 by Obama/Biden. The largest in history.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Civil Asset Forfeiture laws are how the police fund more programs.

Your house is raided from "evidence" gathered by COPS/Byrne programs.

They then seize your things. If you can& #39;t hire a lawyer to get your items, they are sold at auction. Funds go to that police dept.
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="➡️" title="Pfeil nach rechts" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach rechts"> Obama/Biden expanded civil asset forfeiture to $1.8 billion, the largest ever.

The Obama admin even fought for broad asset forfeiture powers in court which would allow police to seize property with very little evidence. https://www.cato.org/commentary/forfeiture-laws-war-drugs-alvarez-v-smith">https://www.cato.org/commentar...
"But Biden was only VP when Obama expanded the program."

Civil asset forfeiture first was authorized in the 1970s, but the law then required that the owner of the property be tried and convicted for the crime. Then Biden wrote legislation that eliminated that requirement.
These laws are protecting muderers like Brett Hankison, Myles Cosgrove, and Jonathan Mattingly who murdered Breonna.

And killer cops will continue to murder until these laws (and police themselves) are **abolished**.
More info here: https://twitter.com/BernieToVest/status/1272277614338736135">https://twitter.com/BernieToV...
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