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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsKamala Harris Was Not a 'Progressive Prosecutor'
from the NYT opinion pages:
Consider her record as San Franciscos district attorney from 2004 to 2011. Ms. Harris was criticized in 2010 for withholding information about a police laboratory technician who had been accused of intentionally sabotaging her work and stealing drugs from the lab. After a memo surfaced showing that Ms. Harriss deputies knew about the technicians wrongdoing and recent conviction, but failed to alert defense lawyers, a judge condemned Ms. Harriss indifference to the systemic violation of the defendants constitutional rights.
(snip)
Ms. Harris also championed state legislation under which parents whose children were found to be habitually truant in elementary school could be prosecuted, despite concerns that it would disproportionately affect low-income people of color.
(snip)
And then theres Kevin Cooper, the death row inmate whose trial was infected by racism and corruption. He sought advanced DNA testing to prove his innocence, but Ms. Harris opposed it. (After The New York Timess exposé of the case went viral, she reversed her position.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/opinion/kamala-harris-criminal-justice.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
FiveGoodMen
(20,018 posts)Another one on the 'no way in hell' list.
ananda
(28,914 posts)No way
Jose Garcia
(2,612 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)They stop counting way before they get to their favorite candidate out of the 38.
questionseverything
(9,666 posts)and she protected that guy that had paid 400 grand on a sexual harassment charge
we can do better
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Put up your proof.
questionseverything
(9,666 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Last edited Sat Jan 19, 2019, 08:48 PM - Edit history (1)
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Squinch
(51,090 posts)wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)Just everyone participation trophies so that nobody's fee-fees get hurt.
Squinch
(51,090 posts)to your own "fee fees."
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)So what's the problem?
Squinch
(51,090 posts)Response to Squinch (Reply #35)
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peggysue2
(10,853 posts)Harris isn't a progressive lawyer and Warren and Gillibrand are decidedly not likable. Oh, and Beto O'Rourke 'skipped' town because he's not well versed on . . . anything.
A roaring start!
Merlot
(9,696 posts)I'm interested to see if her positions have "evolved" especially regarding criminal justice.
She did to after the banks after the 2008 debacle, with success. There is a lot to like about her, and other things remain to be seen.
That's what primarys are for.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)now that's she's not in a position to prosecute low level offenders
BannonsLiver
(16,548 posts)I would gleefully support her in a general election and will give serious consideration to voting for her in the primaries.
yuiyoshida
(41,872 posts)I like Kamala Harris, especially when she went after Bret Kavanaugh !
emulatorloo
(44,274 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,872 posts)tblue37
(65,552 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,872 posts)feeling better thanks.
tblue37
(65,552 posts)aidbo
(2,328 posts)Response to aidbo (Reply #7)
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Hekate
(91,045 posts)It's an Op Ed -- who's the author? Just curious.
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)Bazelon is a law professor and the former director of the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent in Los Angeles.
Seems legit to me.
Squinch
(51,090 posts)former9thward
(32,165 posts)The writer of the oped piece referenced in the OP teaches at the University of San Francisco School of Law.
Lara Bazelon is an associate professor of law and the director of the Criminal Juvenile Justice and Racial Justice Clinical Programs at the University of San Francisco School of Law. From 2012-2015, she was a visiting associate clinical professor at Loyola Law School and the director of the Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent. Professor Bazelon was a trial attorney in the Office of the Federal Public Defender in Los Angeles for seven years. Prior to that, she was a law clerk for the Honorable Harry Pregerson on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
https://www.usfca.edu/law/faculty/lara-bazelon
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)I like how you keep shit real, 9th ...
Generally, anyways
wellst0nev0ter
(7,509 posts)was Muslim or Jewish?
Do you do religious tests?
Squinch
(51,090 posts)friendly_iconoclast
(15,333 posts)TIA
Squinch
(51,090 posts)the self-destructive habit we have of trashing all our viable candidates, especially the women. I AM in the betting pool, however, with "Kamala is Unlikable" being a headline posted here before the end if January. Fingers crossed!
uponit7771
(90,371 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,258 posts)we can do it
(12,222 posts)obamanut2012
(26,188 posts)Trumpocalypse
(6,143 posts)Let's not start tearing down our own just yet.
shanny
(6,709 posts)I think we can set the bar a little higher than that.
MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)Give me a fucking break.
She pole vaults over any bar set by any Republican and most Democrats.
She ranks as our most progressive Senator. Thats a pretty high bar for everyone else.
Marrah_Goodman
(1,586 posts)Not sure who I will support , but I do know I won't like everything they have ever done. I will support whoever I feel has the best chance to beat Don the Con when the time comes.
emulatorloo
(44,274 posts)Opinions will be coming fast and furious.
A word to the wise, most people respect prosecutors and wont respond well anything that appears to be one-sided cherrypicking op-Eds.
WeekiWater
(3,259 posts)Looking forward to seeing who all jumps in and how they perform. Maybe Harris needs to go spend a little time with Jim Webb. I have a feeling now she is on the outside that she will propose a pretty progressive agenda in this area.
The opposition is out for Harris and I question their motives. The not good enough crowd can go pound sand. Lets get it on!
safeinOhio
(32,756 posts)Sherrod Brown.
Turbineguy
(37,420 posts)the GOP run our primaries.
aeromanKC
(3,331 posts)#2 Actually. No candidate will be perfect or have spotless history. Where do they stand now is what counts. Harris will be a fantastic strong President!!
(She'll be on the ticket)
mopinko
(70,388 posts)sounds like a typical prosecutor.
TeamPooka
(24,304 posts)profit and legalizing cannabis.
Remember Obama was against gay marriage when he was elected and then Biden opened the door for him.
obamanut2012
(26,188 posts)Not apologizing, just like I never did with Hillary.
#noragrets
ismnotwasm
(42,028 posts)Response to wellst0nev0ter (Original post)
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Autumn
(45,120 posts)dlk
(11,606 posts)Especially, since she is a woman and a woman of color. The media remains the same.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)and that was a big issue as far as I was concerned but was not aware of her stand on these other issues. Thanks for the information.
BannonsLiver
(16,548 posts)Meanwhile, actual voters will care more about her ideas about jobs and healthcare.
Autumn
(45,120 posts)about more than 2 things at a time.
mcar
(42,474 posts)Squinch
(51,090 posts)And the one over there.
Besides she's not likeable.
Iggo
(47,599 posts)Maven
(10,533 posts)MrsCoffee
(5,803 posts)oberliner
(58,724 posts)mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)Is actually not going to be detrimental to her chances in the General, should she win the primary ... and she'll have plenty of time to prove her progressive bona-fides to us primary voters in the meantime, and I'm sure has many other progressive laurels already in the bag.
Generally-speaking, when Dems win POTUS, it's because they appear moderate and have broad appeal.
'A tough-nose prosecutor' is a nice counter-balance to 'ZOMG SF LIBERAL!1!!' for the moderates/indy types that you need to win POTUS.
Just sayin'