cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/5284828

The Kamala Harris campaign is using memes and celebrities to present her as a fun-loving progressive candidate. In reality, she represented the ugly face of the US' brutal and corrupt justice system as prosecutor. As Vice President, she has been an apologist for genocide, war, and anti-migrant policies.

  • mar_k [he/him]
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    3 months ago

    you may hear liberals and even some MSM fact checkers claiming "only 45 people received prison time," omitting the fact thousands were convicted and sentenced to time in local/county jail. the vast majority of marijuana offenders have long been jailed, not imprisoned, which is usually reserved for higher level offenses. 45 going to state prison for weed is pretty disgraceful on its own

    when harris was SF AG, 24% of arrests led to convictions, compared to 18% of her predecessor. so she advanced the same draconian policies of ruining innocent people's records and opportunities.

    we also have data showing, for decades pre-legalization, black californians were over 3x more likely to be arrested for marijuana use than white californians, despite the fact black people are slightly less likely to be users

    • mar_k [he/him]
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      3 months ago

      she was also actively against the marijuana legalization referendum in 2010, while pretty much every semi progressive california politician supported it. the public vote was very tight and failed by about 2%, and we all know these referendums are swayed by advertising money, paid for by people that an office like her's would empower

      marijuana in california was legalized in 2016, by this time she still didn't come out in support! she didn't even support decriminalization until 2017 (and decriminalizing means cops can still seize it, fine you for it, and refer you to community service; you just won't be arrested unless you're growing or selling). she didn't support actual legalization until 2019 conveniently before her bid for president, by the time two-thirds of americans already supported it