‘The answer is not defunding the police’: Joe Biden in meeting with NY mayor

The president pressed for community intervention programs and said it is outrageous' gun manufacturers are exempt from lawsuits

Joe Biden has said the answer is not to defund the police" and emphasized community policing efforts as he met in New York with the new mayor, Eric Adams, to discuss the uptick in gun violence during the pandemic.

The president added of his preferred approach to fighting crime: It's to give you the tools, the training, the funding to be partners, to be protectors and to know the community."