Between historic surges in violent crime, frequent calls to "defund the police," and a deluge of soft-on-crime policies emanating from the Democratic Party on a regular basis, President Joe Biden’s recent signing of an executive order that ostensibly advances "effective" policing and strengthens "public safety" likely came as a relief to many Americans.
But sadly, like far too many other Biden policy initiatives, the language surrounding the executive order is wildly misleading. In reality, "Advancing Effective, Accountable Policingand Criminal Justice Practices to Enhance Public Trust and Public Safety," signed by Biden on May 25, does more to appease far-left priorities than it does to reduce crime, improve policing, or make our communities safer — and it should sound the alarm for every American who cares about our nation’s heroic men and women in law enforcement.
The Biden executive order is problematic for three primary reasons:
First, it was intentionally designed to bypass Congress and impose extreme anti-police policies onto the nation by way of executive fiat.
"I’ve called on Congress to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, but Senate Republicans have stood in the way of progress," Biden tweeted. "That’s why this afternoon, I’m taking action and signing an Executive Order that delivers the most significant police reform in decades."
But Republicans did not object to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act without good reason. According to the Heritage Foundation, if signed, the Act would have made it more difficult for police officers to do their jobs by blocking law enforcement agencies from receiving surplus military equipment, prohibiting the use of no-knock warrants in cases related to drug use, and imposing new and burdensome standards that limit when police officers are allowed to use deadly force — each of which could put officers’ lives at risk. The bill also sought to imperil qualified immunity rights and require the Department of Justice to create a national registry for police misconduct complaints, which could easily allow sensitive information about officers to become public.
Second, the executive order is rooted in the lie that American law enforcement is systemically racist. A White House fact sheet detailing the executive order, for instance, nods to the so-called "legacy of systemic racism in our criminal justice system and in our institutions more broadly."
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