kamala Harris, as a da, locked people up and refused parole to keep them as slaves fighting fires.

mod says it’s misinfo (probably without fact checking) and removes the comment

update:

idk how I was doing mod abuse

  • anamethatisnt@sopuli.xyz
    29·
    3 days ago

    Relevant:

    In 2014, as overcrowding persisted, a three-judge panel in California ordered the state to make eligible for parole nonviolent prisoners with only two felonies that had served half their sentences. Harris’ lawyers argued early release would harm the prison’s labor program, which included its work program to help fight California’s wildfires. The judges rejected the argument.

    Criticism against Harris resurfaced after her announcement for president last month brought heightened scrutiny. In 2014, Harris told BuzzFeed News she was “shocked” to learn about what her lawyers were arguing in court.

    • Unruffled [they/them]@lemmy.dbzer0.comM
      144·
      2 days ago

      PTB. OPs comments are factually correct, even if they are too unpalatable for a liberal audience to accept. We have to assess politicians by their behaviour, not by their lies, and on that basis Kamala absolutely supports the US prison industrial complex aka slave labor. As do all establishment Democrats, who have helped foster this disgusting industry just as much as the Republicans have.

      OPs rhetoric on this is actually very chill, considering.

    • Deceptichum@quokk.auEnglish
      911·
      3 days ago

      So what, she is so utterly incompetent that she doesn’t even know what her own lawyers are doing?

      Give me a break. There is no way she was not informed at the time.