I need to prepare for Christmas dinner with my lib family and need well sourced arguments, since I will attack people from the left, the side of the political spectrum that needs sources for every claim. Anyway, sources like The Intercept or Jacobin are still acceptable.

  • culdrought [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This is a good summary by a former public defender: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html

    Article about how she campaigned as a tough-on-crime prosecutor: https://theintercept.com/2019/02/07/kamala-harris-san-francisco-district-attorney-crime/

    During his first campaign for district attorney, Hallinan pledged to crack down on police misconduct. “I will not hesitate to treat them like any other citizen and prosecute them,” he said of the city’s police department after his victory.
    In 2002, three off-duty police officers beat two San Francisco men over a bag of fajitas. The incident sparked outrage and Hallinan indicted not only the officers, but also the police department’s top brass, alleging a conspiracy to cover up the crime. The case led to the creation of Proposition H, a successful city ballot measure, crafted in part by Hallinan, to expand oversight over the police department. The case against the police, however, fell apart, with a judge dismissing the charges.
    The incident further strained relations between police and the DA’s office. Behind the scenes, Harris courted law enforcement officials, earning the endorsements of the Deputy Sheriffs’ Association, the incumbent sheriff, and a host of former prosecutors. In a recent Politico piece examining the history of the race, Gary Delagnes, a former police union official, remembered Harris coming up to him at a party, poking him in the chest and demanding, “You better endorse me, you better endorse me. You get it?”

    This is a very long article about the futility of "progressive prosecutors" in general. I've only had time to skim read it for now but it looks good from what I've seen: https://harvardlawreview.org/2018/12/the-paradox-of-progressive-prosecution/

    Other assorted articles about her:

    https://medium.com/@bendalessio17/as-an-attorney-i-cannot-vote-for-a-ticket-that-includes-kamala-harris-b1b0b1014d52
    https://jacobinmag.com/2017/08/kamala-harris-trump-obama-california-attorney-general&mc_cid=4c6667d825&mc_eid=a87a1d7450
    https://consortiumnews.com/2020/08/13/kamala-harriss-distinguished-career-of-serving-injustice/
    https://www.democracynow.org/2020/8/13/kamala_harris_prosecutorial_record_2020_election
    https://theappeal.org/kamala-harris-criminal-justice-record-killed-her-presidential-run/
    https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/kamala-harris-silicon-valley-donors-vp/
    https://jacobinmag.com/2020/08/joe-biden-kamala-harris-vice-president-neoliberalism/
    https://www.truthdig.com/articles/theres-nothing-progressive-about-kamala-harris-record-as-a-prosecutor/