On Friday, Oct. 23, vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris fielded questions about her record as a prosecutor in front of a Black audience at a restaurant located near Atlanta’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities. During the discussion, music mogul Jermaine Dupri voiced concerns over Harris’ time as attorney general in California. “You put a lot of Black brothers away in your past,” Dupri said , asking Harris to address her record. Kamala Harris, Jermaine Dupri. (Photos: Instagram) “Yes I was a prosecutor,” she said. “I decided to go in a system that I knew was flawed, to reform it. Yes, I decided to go up the rough side of the mountain, as we say in church.” She said she was not able to fix the system, before referring to some of what she considers first in the nation re-entry programs she has headed. “I created this whole initiative focused on young men who were young adult men arrested for drug sales, to give them jobs and support, and then I dismissed the charges against them.” She said the program was designated as a model for innovation by the Department of Justice under Eric Holder. “I’m not going to tell […]

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