Kamala Harris called for removing cops from schools to fight racial 'inequities' in 2019 interview
As a senator, Kamala Harris advocated for removing police officers from school campuses in 2019 when running for president the first time
By Emma Colton Fox News
Published August 28, 2024 4:00am EDT
Vice President Kamala Harris advocated for the removal of police officers from schools in an effort to "demilitarize" school campuses, according to unearthed footage from 2019.
"What we need to do about … demilitarizing our schools and taking police officers out of schools. We need to deal with the reality and speak the truth about the inequities around school discipline. Where in particular, Black and Brown boys are being expelled and or suspended as young as, I've seen, as young as in elementary school," Harris said in 2019 in South Carolina, when she served as a California senator running for president during the 2020 cycle.
Harris joined the 2019 Presidential Justice Forum at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, in October of that year before she dropped out of the 2020 race and was announced as President Biden’s running mate. A college student asked Harris how she would go about expunging the records of juveniles to allow them to attend college, including expunging "a criminal offense," not "just a marijuana expungement."
"That's a great question and a great point, because when we talk about reform of the criminal justice system, we've got to understand that the juvenile justice system is in dire need of reform, and I know that. And I've seen it," Harris responded, touting her 2020 campaign’s "plan of action" on criminal justice reform.
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