Criminal justice reformers say Kamala Harris has neutralized a major liability: Her past as a prosecutor. It comes as Joe Biden prepares to name his running mate.
"Today people talk about progressive prosecutors and the evolution of criminal justice reform and I think people have to remember that the senator was one of very few people of color leading prosecutor’s offices and very, very, very few women of color leading prosecutor’s offices when she first assumed office," said Kim Foxx, the Cook County, Illinois state’s attorney and part of a new generation of progressive elected attorneys.
But from the first days of the campaign, she was besieged by questions about how she reconciles the past with her claims of being a “progressive" prosecutor. That term in recent years has come to describe local and state attorneys who are breaking with precedent to reject cash bail, decline to pursue certain drug charges and heavily scrutinize police officer conduct.
DeRay Mckesson, the activist, podcaster and co-founder of the police reform group Campaign Zero, met with Harris during her presidential run. In public, he said, Harris was unable to explain her past criminal justice positions in the way she was able to articulate in person. He pointed to her long-standing refusal until last spring to support independent investigations into police shootings and cases of alleged brutality by law enforcement officials.
“We went in the room prepared and engaged and she was engaged and prepared and she pushed, and we pushed, and she was able to explain everything in a way that made sense even if you didn’t agree with it fully,” Mckesson said.
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