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Despite maintaining a public distance from the “Defund the Police” movement, President Biden’s administration quietly maintains relationships with some of the driving forces behind the far-left movement. The White House visitor log was reviewed by the Fox News Digital Show.
According to the White House visitor log, several have defended police activists visiting the Biden White House last year and meeting with top aides.
Biden has been a big supporter of police-backed rhetoric during his tenure, but he used the left in sync with the reimbursement movement to a key position in the administration.
In late May, he signed a drastic police reform presidential order that elicited various reactions from police groups.
And through all that, anti-police activists seem to have contacted the White House directly.
Rashad Robinson, president of the left-wing racial justice group Color of Change, visited the White House last summer and seemed to meet with Biden’s chief adviser, Cedric Richmond, who recently resigned as director of civil service.
The Color of Change is one of the most active groups advocating police defense. In 2021, they were at the forefront of a failed promotion to “dismantle” and replace the Minneapolis police station. It was funded by $ 500,000 from the George Soros Open Society Policy Center.
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“We know that police don’t keep us safe, the community does.” Change petition color Call on supporters to request local officials to begin the cashing process. “Police do not lead to community prosperity, but investment does.”
“We must begin to imagine a society that works for all of us, and we must begin by withdrawing from and dismantling a system that unfairly harms blacks.” Says the petition.
Robinson also celebrated the birthday of Assata Shakur, who killed a convicted police officer, and called on progressive groups to demand police abolition and make “revolutionary plans” “bold” and “loud.”
Shakur, a hero of a group of anti-police activists, is a former Black Liberation Army leader who was the mastermind behind several armed robbers in Connecticut and New York. In 1981, a Brink’s robbery killed an armed guard and two police officers.
Stacey Abrams serves as a board member and governor of the Foundation supporting # ABOLISHTHEPOLICE
Shakur was convicted of the murder of New Jersey trooper Werner Foerster in 1973, but later escaped from prison and was granted asylum to Cuba by the late Fidel Castro. Shakur, whose married name is Joan Chesimal, is on the FBI’s list of most wanted terrorists and has a $ 1 million bounty for information that could lead to her anxiety. increase.
Robinson is also a member of the board of directors of the Seattle-based left-wing grant group, the Margaret Casey Foundation, with Stacey Abrams, a candidate for Governor of the Democratic Party of Georgia. After they both became governors of the Foundation, the board unanimously voted to expand its anti-police activities.
Meanwhile, some members have visited the White House, according to the Margaret Casey Foundation visitor log.
Carmen Rojas, chairman and chief executive officer of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, who supports police funding, visited the White House in December 2021 and before leaving to join the Democratic National Committee last month, Richmond. It seems that he met the special aide of the White House, Near Page. National Committee (DNC).
The Stacey Abrams Group increased anti-police funding shortly after she joined its board and with her approval.
“We must be unwavering in our commitment to freedom,” Rojas tweeted in April 2021.
In May 2020, Rojas tweeted a quote from the article, “Abolishing the police union as part of an extensive battle to defend, demilitarize, and ultimately dismantle existing US police. Fully embrace the purpose, and some already have it. “
Her foundation has awarded millions of dollars to awaken college professors and scholars advocating the abolition of prisons and the guidance of anti-capitalist views, as well as repeatedly calling for police funding and abolition. doing.
Black Voters Matter co-founder and civil rights activist Latosha Brown also advocates funding police.
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According to White House visitor records, her contact in July 2021 was Vincent Evans, Executive Director of Parliamentary Black Caucus (CBC) after working at Vice President Harris’s office. ..
“We are proud to be a partner of the #DemocracyFrontlinesFund, which leverages millions of dollars in new funding to fund black-led organizers fighting for free and fair elections. We are providing and working on prison and police defense, “Brown’s organization tweeted in September 2020.
In another tweet in June 2020, Brown’s organization called for a refund of sheriff’s money to “build the power of voters.”
In August 2020, Brown promoted the “Defund the Police 101 Teach-in” event led by two other police activists.
“After President Biden’s speech to the country on voting rights earlier this week, we will prove to his administration a commitment to fight voter oppression and develop strategies to restore access to ballots. I requested. ” Brown said in a press release About her encounter with Harris. “Today’s meeting with Vice President Harris marks an important step in building that strategy.”
Other defenses of police activists who visited the Biden White House include Tyrick McMillan, “Director of the Youth State Bureau.” [and] “University” of Al Sharpton’s national action network. The White House visitor log shows that he visited the White House four times between April and December last year.
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“Police don’t make communities safe, but opportunities do make them safe.” McMillan said in July 2020.. “What we are saying is that a refund to the police is a refund to people.”
Neither the White House nor the mentioned activists responded to Fox News Digital’s inquiries.