Policemag.com Guest Editorial: Shame on President Biden for Going Easy on Cop Killers

As he left the White House, the 46th president of the United States granted clemency and sentence commutations to men who killed law enforcement professionals.

Craig W. Floyd is the Founding CEO of Citizens Behind the Badge, a national nonprofit organization supporting law enforcement.

Before President Joe Biden left office, he made a point of issuing a record number of pardons and commutations. The ones that got the most attention went to family members, and high-profile individuals like Anthony Fauci and retired General Mark Milley.

Also garnering attention were the commutation of sentences for 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses. That earned him praise from progressives. Sarah Gersten, executive director and general counsel of the Last Prisoner Project, said Biden’s action offers “hope — not just for those freed today, but for all the individuals still incarcerated for cannabis and their families that have been impacted by the War on Drugs.”

But what Gersten and others did not say is that Biden also handed out clemency and commutations that gave “hope” to cop killers. Continue reading on Policemag.com HERE