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Biden says psychologists should handle domestic violence cases and assist when “someone is standing on the edge of a bridge,” but reiterates that he does NOT want to defund the police in a speech to mayors.
- Biden says psychologists should handle domestic violence
- He said it’s not the job of the police, but he doesn’t want to defund the police.
- ‘When it comes to public safety, we know the answer is not to defund the police’
- Biden spoke to the US Conference of Mayors at the White House
President Joe Biden said Friday that psychologists should handle domestic violence cases instead of the police, but reiterated that he does not want to defund the police.
In a lengthy address to US mayors, Biden spoke about a variety of local issues, including public safety needs, helping those with mental health issues, and equipping first responders to respond to drug overdoses. fentanyl.
But he’s also made it clear he doesn’t want to take money from local police departments, rejecting Republican criticism of Democrats.
“When it comes to public safety, we know the answer is not to defund the police,” he told a room full of mayors, who applauded in response. ‘They need funding and they also need additional help.’
President Biden said that psychologists should handle domestic violence cases instead of the police, but reiterated that he does not want to defund the police.
Biden spoke to the US Conference of Mayors at the White House
He also pushed for alternative ways to help people, calling for psychological help, which he said includes more counselors in schools.
“By the way, a cop shows up on a domestic violence case or someone is standing on the edge of a bridge, they don’t need a cop. They need a psychiatrist,” she said.
Biden invited the US Conference of Mayors to the White House as they wrapped up their annual meeting in Washington DC. It was the first time since the COVID pandemic that the mayors were able to be there.
Also in attendance were several former mayors now in the Biden administration, including Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, adviser Mitch Landrieu, adviser Keisha Knight Bottoms and Labor Secretary Marty Walsh.
The president also got personal in his statements.
As a person who has been through a lot of pain in his life, he was asked what he would say to Americans who have been through a lot, especially during the pandemic.
Biden spoke about the tractor-trailer collision that killed his first wife, Neilia, and their young daughter. He also opened up about his son Beau, who died of brain cancer in 2015.
He said he was lucky to have support.
‘I had people who were there to help me. I was lucky,’ she said. ‘I had a lot of help. And I had psychological help.
President Biden said in his remarks that the police need more help, not be defunded.
Joe Biden got personal in his remarks, talking about his wife Neilia Biden and their young daughter Noami, who died in a car accident; he is seen with them above in a 1972 photo that also shows his sons Beau and Hunter.
Biden says his family is his rock, above President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden (center) with granddaughter Naomi, son Hunter, wife Melissa and son Baby Beau
He said he had help that many families don’t.
She praised her sister, Valerie, “my best friend in the world,” for moving to help raise her children in the months after the collision. She said that she was able to travel to and from the Capitol from Wilmington because her mother helped take care of the children.
‘Did you know? I had a family. I had an amazing wife. No man deserves one great love, let alone two,” she said of Jill Biden.
“I gave you my personal story, I think it’s just about knowing someone is there, knowing someone to go to when you get scared,” he said.
He called for an end to stigmata around mental health.
‘We have to remove the stigma from mental health. Mental health is no different than breaking your arm or leg. It really isn’t.