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Citing Wilders votes against the reinstitution of the death penalty, against making it a capital offense to murder a law enforcement officer, and against making it a felony to brandish a firearm while being arrested, Coleman criticized his opponent's record in law enforcement.
He called the vote against brandishing one of Wilder's “most unusual votes,” and said the Lt. Governor claimed that such a law might encourage police officers to ,,murder people.
“In four years in office he hasn’t done one thing to deal with the problem of illegal drugs — not one single thing. Here’s a man who has never stepped into a courtroom except as a witness, a defense attorney, or a spectator, and now he wants to take over the personal management of the State Police ... He should be the last man to head up law enforcement agencies — with his record and his outlook that has been expressed in a long legislative career.
“These are the issues, these are the types of things that I think that he and I ought to discuss before the people of Virginia,” Coleman said.
Claiming that the criminal justice system as it stands is uncertain, Coleman advocated swift, stem and sure punishment for career criminals. He called them the “ringleaders” of criminal activity, “who entice other people to get involved in those activities.”
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