2024 MO Senate race: on Crime

Lucas Kunce: Failure to invest in our communities increases crime

What we need to do is invest in our country again. We need to invest in early childhood education, universal pre-K, afterschool programs. I watched us spend $6.4 trillion in Iraq and Afghanistan. We can't do anything close to that here. It's unbelievable. And it increases crime. It gives people fewer opportunities and it leaves places like my old neighborhood just destroyed. The house I grew up in, you know, it's boarded up and it's because we don't make investments in our communities. Source: KSDK on 2024 Missouri Senate race Jul 27, 2022

Josh Hawley: Hire more police; increase penalties

Criminal Justice:

Josh Hawley (R): Supports hiring more officers and increasing penalties for assaulting officers. Opposes weakening "qualified immunity for cops." Voted for the JUSTICE Act, criminalizing certain police misconduct, but with fewer limits than the George Floyd Act.
Lucas Kunce (D): "We need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to become law," a bill that would increase accountability for police misconduct and require improved training. It limits qualified immunity, which gives police officers liability protection in specific circumstances.

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Missouri Senate race Oct 25, 2024

Lucas Kunce: We need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act

Criminal Justice:

Josh Hawley (R): Supports hiring more officers and increasing penalties for assaulting officers. Opposes weakening "qualified immunity for cops." Voted for the JUSTICE Act, criminalizing certain police misconduct, but with fewer limits than the George Floyd Act.
Lucas Kunce (D): "We need the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act to become law," a bill that would increase accountability for police misconduct and require improved training. It limits qualified immunity, which gives police officers liability protection in specific circumstances.

Source: Guides.vote candidate survey on 2024 Missouri Senate race Oct 25, 2024

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*Candidates and political leaders on Crime:*
*Candidates for President & Vice-President:* V.P.Kamala Harris (D-CA) Robert F. Kennedy Jr.(I-CA) Chase Oliver(L-GA) Dr.Jill Stein(D-MA) Former Pres.Donald Trump(R-FL) Sen.J.D.Vance(R-OH) Gov.Tim Walz(D-MN) Dr.Cornel West(I-NJ)	*2024 presidential primary contenders:* Pres.Joe_Biden(D-DE) N.D.Gov.Doug Burgum(R) N.J.Gov.Chris_Christie(R) Fla.Gov.Ron_DeSantis(R) S.C.Gov.Nikki_Haley(R) Ark.Gov.Asa_Hutchinson(R) Former V.P.Mike Pence(R-IN) U.S.Rep.Dean_Phillips(D-MN) Vivek_Ramaswamy(R-OH) S.C.Sen.Tim_Scott(R)
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