The posts are part of a broader strategy widely viewed by scholars and other experts as exploiting stereotypes about crime and people of color.
Jaleel Stallings was just letting his dogs out and giving them breakfast a few days ago when he got a message from his lawyer telling him Donald Trump’s campaign was targeting him online.Four years ago, Stallings and a group of friends joined protests in Minneapolis over the police murder of George Floyd. A SWAT team in an unmarked van fired a nonlethal projectile that, and Stallings, an Army veteran, returned fire from a legally permitted pistol.
Stallings said he wants Trump campaign officials to correct the post and invited them to join a discussion with his nonprofit, which tries to improve police culture and community relations. The Trump campaign did not respond to that invitation. The organization that Harris promoted in her 2020 tweet, the Minnesota Freedom Fund, provides money to meet bail amounts that judges set as an assurance that criminal defendants will attend future court dates. Judges decide whether defendants are safe for release. The fund has spent $21.4 million on bail for 3,133 people since it was founded in 2016.
Out of all the fund’s clients, 37 percent went on to have their charges dismissed, while 28 percent pleaded guilty and 31 percent remain unresolved. Mischaracterizing these defendants as criminals undercuts the constitutional principle of innocent until proven guilty, Frank said.“The vast majority of our clients are people who are successful after their release and move on with their lives,” Frank added. “We do not and cannot work outside of the existing system.
The ad prominently featured Horton’s mug shot. Bush distanced himself from the ad, even as his campaign strategist said he would attack Dukakis by making “Willie Horton his running mate.”
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