Quick Hit: 

Vice President Kamala Harris reaffirmed her commitment to more federal oversight of local police departments, reviving concerns about systemic racism in law enforcement during an interview with "The Breakfast Club."

Key Details:

• Harris reiterated support for the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, advocating for limiting certain police tactics and removing qualified immunity.

• She falsely claimed that Donald Trump’s proposed Project 2025 would impose stop-and-frisk policies on police departments.

• Harris's comments continue to focus on alleged police brutality, despite crime rates in cities increasing 40% since 2019.

Diving Deeper:

Vice President Kamala Harris continues to avoid addressing the surge in violent crime across American cities, instead doubling down on her narrative of systemic racism within law enforcement. In a recent interview on the radio show "The Breakfast Club," Harris reiterated her stance that "racial injustice" is a widespread issue within policing. Her comments align with policies pushed during the Obama and Biden administrations, which frequently cast police officers as a threat to minority communities.

In the interview, Harris responded to a caller who raised concerns about police brutality, a question based on the erroneous assumption that police officers routinely target black individuals. According to Heather Mac Donald, writing in The Wall Street Journal, "the 15 or so unarmed black victims of police shootings are a fraction of the 8,000 to 10,000 blacks murdered annually by other black civilians." Yet, Harris accepted the premise and highlighted her previous efforts to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which would have restricted police actions and opened officers to potential lawsuits by removing qualified immunity.

Harris emphasized that the Biden administration has been working to make policing reforms "national so that everyone would have to do it," signaling a desire for increased federal control over local law enforcement practices. Mac Donald noted this aligns with her ongoing stance to push the idea that policing is inherently biased.

During the interview, Harris also falsely claimed that Donald Trump's proposed Project 2025 would impose stop-and-frisk policies nationwide. Mac Donald clarified that "Project 2025 is in fact silent about these and any other local law-enforcement tactics."

More concerning, Mac Donald points out, is Harris's potential plan to ban police stops altogether under the guise of promoting racial justice. Police stops, especially in high-crime areas, have proven effective in removing illegal firearms from the streets. However, the rhetoric from Harris, who stands for the "freedom" from police brutality, ignores the strides made in police accountability over recent years. As Mac Donald argues, "Democrats’ near-exclusive focus on police transgressions ignores the real source of violence against blacks—crimes committed by other blacks."

As crime continues to surge across urban areas, Harris’s proposals for more federal intervention in policing are expected to face sharp criticism from those concerned with rising public disorder.