is making sure that people are not kept in jail just because they can't afford bail, where they wind up pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit. And misdemeanors or what they call low level felonies has huge collateral consequences for people everywhere. But because we have Kevin here, and he is so kind to come and share his experiences with us today,
The world is on your side. was such a serious misdemeanor in our family to say those things.
David: Yeah. >>Kamala Harris: So one of the issues that has come up that-that is a kind of high profile issue on this point, it-it-it relates to children of my pen I can charge someone with a misdemeanor, the lowest level offense possible. And by
The rats, I mean, they got off the ships, looked around. And then in the back half of the book is more of the misdemeanors, trespassing, littering, theft.
And you have an individual, a male who had committed two armed robberies, and he had a very low risk score in comparison to this other woman who is African-American who had a few juvenile misdemeanors and had a high risk score, even though there was nothing equivalent in her profile. And these are just a few examples.
Now, he's graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School and is a lawyer and works hard in the innocence movement. But we're really focusing on innocent people pleading guilty in the misdemeanor courts, because one of the major issues, as you all know, I hope, is bail reform, is making sure that people are not kept in jail just because they can't afford bail, where they wind up pleading guilty to crimes they didn't commit.
And so many capitalists in Massachusetts insisted on, although they would have no slaves themselves a number of deeds, a number of misdemeanors
Now to the algorithm, the 25-year-old tattoo model on the left and the 25-year-old tattoo model on the right look exactly the same. The algorithm looks at the guy on the left and say, he doesn't look-- no prior record, current offense is a misdemeanor. This does not look like a very high-risk guy.
two notable questions on the school secondary report: Has the applicant ever been found responsible for a disciplinary violation at your school, whether related to academic misconduct or behavioral misconduct that resulted in the applicant's probation, suspension, removal, dismissal, or expulsion? Has the applicant ever been convicted of a misdemeanor, felony, or other crime? Almost always, the answer to these questions was no. Sometimes it was yes. And sometimes that was not in itself the kiss of death. There were kids who'd made
two reporters inside, also fully credentialed. We need to have them released immediately." I mean it wasn't seconds before they ripped me through that line, twisted my arms back, slapped handcuffs on me, pushed me up against the wall and onto the ground, and arrested me. Charged me with a misdemeanor, interfering with a peace officer. Uh, if only there was a peace officer in the vicinity. So I was on the ground, looking desperately for Nicole and Shariff. I see Shariff across the parking lot, arms behind him back, his back, his arm
down. They take him, throw him up against the wall, kick him twice in the chest, and take him down. That's how they bloodied his arms. So they bring me to the police garage where they've erected cages for the protesters. They bring Nicole and Shariff to jail. Um, I faced, I was charged with a misdemeanor; they faced felony riot charges. Now, if it weren't for You Tube, if it weren't for all, oh, all different means of media getting out, I don't know when we would have gotten out. But within a few hours, I think the video