US Politics
The Politicization of Public Safety: A Dangerous Erosion of Institutional Norms
Former President Donald Trump used a visit to a New York police academy to promote FBI data showing a decrease in violent crime while launching political attacks against Democrats in a bid to boost Republican candidates ahead of midterm elections. This blatant politicization of official law enforcement venues and statistics for partisan campaigning is a dangerous erosion of institutional norms that every American who values a nonpartisan rule of law should find deeply disturbing.
