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bigtree

(85,998 posts)
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 08:42 AM Aug 2019

Kamala Harris was an advocate for victims, as well as an advocate for people in the system

Ammar Moussa @ammarmufasa 17m
ICYMI >> @RepMarciaFudge on @TheRevAl yesterday.

“What you have in a Kamala Harris was an advocate for Black victims as well as an advocate for people in the system. [She] started diversion programs that have become a model for the nation…Most importantly she knows the system."


watch clip:







Kamala Harris and the 'Back on Track" initiative... watch:




Kamala Harris and racial bias training programs for California police officers... watch:



related:

In 2005, Kamala Harris, District Attorney for San Francisco, launched Back on Track (BOT), a reentry initiative aimed at reducing recidivism among low-level drug-trafficking defendants. Combining strict accountability with real opportunities for self improvement, BOT reports that less than 10 percent of its graduates reoffend—
https://www.bja.gov/Publications/BackonTrackFS.pdf

2013: Attorney General Kamala D. Harris Launches Initiative to Reduce Recidivism in California
https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-kamala-d-harris-launches-initiative-reduce-recidivism

2015, Attorney General Kamala Harris launches 'Open Justice,' an open-data initiative that provides information on deaths in police custody and during an arrest, as well as arrest rates by race and ethnicity.
https://www.kqed.org/news/10666074/open-justice-a-new-web-portal-to-arrest-and-death-statistics-in-california

2017, Kamala Harris Speaks Out On Prison Reform And The Plight Of Women Prisoners
https://blavity.com/kamala-harris-women-prison-reform-redemption
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Kamala Harris was an advocate for victims, as well as an advocate for people in the system (Original Post) bigtree Aug 2019 OP
The big smear about her record doesn't seem to be working mcar Aug 2019 #1
It's disappointing that on DU the usual suspects followed DINO Gabbard's lead and continue to... brush Aug 2019 #2
Disappointing but not surprising. Nt mcar Aug 2019 #3
these are some compelling views of AG Harris in action bigtree Aug 2019 #4
 

mcar

(42,334 posts)
1. The big smear about her record doesn't seem to be working
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 10:33 AM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

brush

(53,787 posts)
2. It's disappointing that on DU the usual suspects followed DINO Gabbard's lead and continue to...
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 11:01 AM
Aug 2019

winger talking points about this. Some even say, "she's going to have to defend her record".

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

mcar

(42,334 posts)
3. Disappointing but not surprising. Nt
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 11:40 AM
Aug 2019
If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for:
Joe Biden
 

bigtree

(85,998 posts)
4. these are some compelling views of AG Harris in action
Mon Aug 19, 2019, 11:44 AM
Aug 2019

...I like the one where she's the woman in charge of a bevy of agents, dynamic and firmly in charge.



Same Kamala Harris we see today on the campaign trail.
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