How a Biden-Backed Community Policing Bill Wound Up Militarizing Cops

Even before 9/11, police departments were using federal funds to buy SWAT gear

The Huntington Beach SWAT team advancing during a peaceful protest in California. Photo: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images

When Bill Clinton took office in 1993, crime in America was climbing. The concept of community policing was growing increasingly popular. Ideally, with community policing, rather than taking a “call-and-response”…