From ‘tough on crime’ to tough on cops: Cory Booker recasts his record - The Washington Post

Cory Booker was elected mayor in 2006 on a vow to transform this struggling city. He made tackling crime a top priority, adopted aggressive policing tactics and resisted calls for a federal probe into complaints of police brutality and misconduct. When former vice president Joe Biden highlighted that record during last week’s presidential debate and accused Booker of doing too little to fix Newark’s long-troubled police department, Booker flippantly dismissed the criticism: “‘You’re dipping into the Kool-Aid and you don’t even know the flavor.’”....
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