CAMPAIGN GOING %
FORWARD? %
LOOKING BACK AT %
HER POLICY %
DECISIONS.
>> WE CAN’T %
ACCEPT FALSE %
CHOICES. %
THE FALSE %
CHOICE. %
>> Reporter: %
FALSE CHOICE,
THAT SEEMS TO BE %
KAMALA HARRIS’ %
FAVORITE LINE. %
EITHER TO %
DESCRIBE HOW SHE %
REFUSES TO BE %
PUT IN A BOX OR %
HOW SHE REFUSES
TO COMMIT TO ANY %
PARTICULAR %
POLICY. %
IT ALSO TELLS %
YOU ABOUT HER %
APPROACH TO
CRIMINAL %
JUSTICE, BETWEEN %
BEING TOUGH ON
CRIME AND BEING %
A REFORMER. %
THAT’S BEEN THE %
CASE SINCE SHE %
BEGAN HER CAREER %
IN PUBLIC %
SERVICE.
WHEN HARRIS %
BECAME THE DA IN
SAN TRAN, TOUGH
ON CRIME POLICY
WAS POPULAR
AROUND THE %
COUNTRY. %
EVEN JOE BIDEN
WHO WAS PIVOTAL %
IN GETTING THE
1994 CRIME DEAL %
PASSED A DECADE %
EARLIER, CARRIED %
ENTHUSIASM ABOUT %
CRACKING DOWN %
INTO THE 2000S. %
>> FEWER POLICE %
ON THE STREET
MEANS MORE %
CRIME. %
IT’S AS SIMPLE
AS THAT. %
IT’S NOT ROCKET %
SCIENCE. %
WE WENT THROUGH %
THIS WHOLE %
DEBATE DURING %
THE 80S AND 90S. %
>> Reporter: %
HARRIS CLAIMS IS %
SHE DIDN’T FLEX
LAWS LIKE THREE %
STRIKE, HER
POLICY WAS TO %
PURSUE A THIRD %
STRIKE IN THE %
CRIME WAS %
SERIOUS OR %
VIOLENT AND
REMAINED PROUD %
THAT THE FELONY
CONVICTION RATE %
ROSE DURING HER %
TENURE. %
>> WHEN WE ARE
TALK ABOUT %
SERIOUS AND
VIOLENT CRIME,
LOCK THEM UP. %
WE INCREASED THE
CONVICTION RATE %
TO THE HIGHEST %
IN 15 YEARS. %
>> Reporter: HER %
ATTEMPT TO BRAND %
SMART ON CRIME
POLICY GOES %
BEYOND THOSE
SERIOUS AND %
VIOLENT CRIMES. %
ACCORDING TO
MERCURY NEWS, %
SHE HAD MORE %
CONVICTIONS ON %
MARIJUANA %
CHARGES THAN HER %
PREDECESSOR BUT %
RARELY PUT THEM %
IN JAIL,
PREFERRING TO
SEND THEM TO %
PROGRAMS LIKE %
HER BACK ON %
TRACK %
INITIATIVE. %
>> THERE WAS A
TOUGH ON CRIME %
MENTALITY AND
CREATED ONE OF
THE FIRST IN THE %
NATION
INITIATIVES %
FOCUSED ON
OFFENDERS BY %
TRAINING AND
COUNSELING. %
>> Reporter: %
THREATENING TO %
CHARGE PARENTS %
IF THEIR %
CHILDREN MISSED %
SCHOOL. %
>> I DECIDED I
WAS GOING START %
PROSECUTING %
PARENTS FOR %
TRUANCY.
WELL, THIS WAS A %
LITTLE %
CONTROVERSIAL IN %
SAN FRANCISCO.
FRANKLY MY STAFF %
WENT BANANAS AND
CONCERNED. %
I HAVE A HUGE %
STICK, THE %
SCHOOL DISTRICT %
HAS GOT -- LET’S %
WORK AROUND OUR %
COLLECTIVE GOAL
TO GET THE KIDS
IN SCHOOL. %
>> Reporter:
ELECTED %
CALIFORNIA’S %
ATTORNEY GENERAL %
2011 AND %
EXPANDED THAT
PROGRAM, YEARS %
LATER SHE SAYS %
THIS ABOUT THE %
UNINTENDED %
CONSEQUENCES MY %
REGRET IS I HAVE %
NOW HEARD %
STORIES THAT %
WHERE IN SOME %
JURISDICTION,
DA’S HAVE %
CRIMINALIZED THE
PARENTS. %
I REGRET THAT
HAS HAPPENED. %
>> Reporter: IN
2015 SHE %
REQUIRED POLICE
IN THE JUSTICE %
DEPARTMENT WEAR %
BODY CAMERAS, %
BUT REFUSED TO %
MAKE THEM %
MANDATORY %
STATEWIDE AND
CREATED A FIRST
OF ITS KIND DATA
BASE. %
>> I KNEW FOLKS %
ARE TALKING %
ANECDOTALLY
ABOUT WHAT IS %
WRONG WITH THE
SYSTEM AND HAVE
NOT BEEN GIVEN %
THE DATA OR TRY %
TO CLAW IT OUT %
OF THE SYSTEM. %
I SAID, WE ARE %
GOING THE OPEN %
THIS UP. %
>> Reporter: SHE %
DECLINED TO BACK %
A BILL THAT
WOULD HAVE %
REQUIRED HER
OFFICE TO %
INVESTIGATE
POLICE
SHOOTINGS. %
BY THE TIME SHE
BECAME A SENATOR %
IN 2017, SHE
BECAME VOCAL
ABOUT %
PROGRESSIVE %
POLICIES AND
SPONSORED A BILL %
DECRIMINALIZING %
MARIJUANA %
FEDERALLY.
SHE SAID THE %
MEASURE
SERIOUSLY %
COMPROMISES THE %
SAFETY OF OUR %
COMMUNITIES AND
WORK PLACES. %
AS A SENATOR SHE %
TOUTED HER %
EFFORTS TO END
THE CASH BAIL %
SYSTEM. %
>> THE ONLY
DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN SOMEONE
BEING IN JAIL %
PRETRIAL OR %
BEING OUT IS IF
THEY CAN AFFORD %
TO WRITE A %
CHECK. %
>> Reporter: %
HARRIS OUTLINED %
HER DESIRE TO
REFORM THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE %
SYSTEM, %
PROPOSING ENDING %
MANDATORY
MINIMUM %
SENTENCES ON THE
FEDERAL LEVEL,
ENCOURAGING %
INDEPENDENT
INVESTIGATIONS %
OF OFFICER %
INVOLVED %
SHOOTINGS. %
PROTESTS OVER
GEORGE FLOYD AND %
RACIAL INJUSTICE %
WERE ESKATING %
AND SHE DID SAID %
THIS ABOUT %
DEFUNDING THE %
POLICE. %
>> OVER ONE-%
THIRD OF THE
CITY BUDGET GOES %
TO POLICE. %
WHAT ABOUT THE %
MONEY GOING TO %
SOCIAL SERVICES
AND HELPING %
PEOPLE WITH JOB %
TRAINING, %
HELPING WITH THE
ME TALL
HEALTH -- MENTAL %
HEALTH ISSUES %
ARE BEING
PLAGUED WITH. %
>> THE TRUMP %
ADMINISTRATION
HAS BILLED HER %
AS A RADICAL. %
SOMETHING THOSE %
ON THE LEFT %
DISMISS. %
THEY POINT TO
HER RECORD AS A %
