Endorsements – Round 2
This is an important discussion that we need to turn into action right away. In cases of police brutality, we’ve heard a lot about “bad apples,” but not about the rotten trees they come from. Status quo policies in the DA’s office have done nothing to prevent these atrocities, and allowed Breonna Taylor’s and George Floyd’s murderers to walk free.
The DA holds a tremendous amount of power to combat systemic racism - but both of my opponents claim it doesn’t exist. How many more injustices will it take for them to see that the policies of the past aren’t working? As the only progressive DA candidate in this race, I will always stand up for Black lives and work with law enforcement in new ways so we can hold officers accountable and keep every citizen safe.
www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2020/05/30/bad-apples-come-from-rotten-trees-in-policing/
Bad apples come from rotten trees in policing
www.brookings.edu
Rashawn Ray writes that to better identify the bad apples in policing and justify their removal, policymakers need to restructure civilian payouts for police misconduct.There is a dirty secret in politics - money. Ok not so secret but there is a reason people scour the financial filing disclosures to see who gave what to whom, and what they spent their money on. My opponent gave himself $173,000 in loans to run his campaign. $150,000 went to one company - Southern Majority. It is run by Bryan Long - the guy who keeps sending out those emails to voters in Athens and Oconee about how "impressed he is with Brian Patterson." He is being paid to do so and tarnishing the progressive brand of Better Georgia in the process. So all you progressive Democrats who gave money to Better Georgia - be aware this is not it.
I have no loans and have raised over $109,000 for my campaign (not counting all the other money raised to pay for the lawsuit that gave us the campaign and our voting rights back). This money came from people - the majority from right here in the circuit.
Why is this important? Because when money is part of the equation, seeing it come from the circuit itself means you also have their support and their votes. On November 3, tell my opponent that he can't buy an election just because he feels he is entitled to it. The people won't let him.
1 WEEK until Election Day - we will be out at Knightsbridge this afternoon for Taco Tuesday at 6 pm. Grab some yummy tacos and learn about the new vision of justice I offer the community. See you there - don’t forget to wear red for #RedOutDay!
