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Kamala Harris: “In 2004, when I created one of the first in the nation…”

Featuring: Kamala Harris, Democrat | Former Vice President of the United States | National

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Published | Video Starts at 06:50

I was the first black woman elected district attorney of San Francisco, as the first black woman elected district attorney in the state of California. In 2004, when I created one of the first in the nation initiatives as a prosecutor that was about getting jobs and counseling to those who had been in the criminal justice system. System. And at the time, the powers that be told me I was not supposed to be doing that. They said, why are you letting people out of jail when you're supposed to put them back in? (06:50–07:04)

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Asserts that Kamala Harris created an early initiative focused on jobs and counseling for those in the criminal justice system.

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