Psaki’s boss, President Biden, hinted at some understanding of the shift by saying soon after Adams’ showing that cities could use leftover COVID money to hire more cops. It’s more of a sop than a solution, but it’s probably the first time in two years Biden didn’t ­mention racism or Jim Crow when talking about cops. Predictably, the party’s far left is not on board with even that modest change. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez revealed herself to be a crime denier by decrying public “hysteria” over the fear. Her idea, if she had one, was that murder statistics are just statistics. She’s lucky her lead balloon didn’t fall on her head. Going forward, the party’s divide, and especially the power of the AOC wing to dominate public debate, will make it hard for Dems to portray themselves as crime fighters, let alone actually take serious actions to support law enforcement and tougher penalties.