I just wrote this, in response to ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
siderea asking for people's advice on who to vote for, and why:
Patalano: she promises to reduce cash bail and work against mass incarceration and the racism that permeates decisions about who is indicted and for what.
I am also to some extent voting against Ryan [the incumbent], for her/her office's behavior and foot-dragging over setting aside the tainted drug lab convictions. (I was one of I don't know how many people calling to say "these are all based on fraudulent drug "testing" results, set them aside and release the victims now," and what I got was staffers who clearly had no idea of what to do with calls from the public. The relevant part of their voice mail system wanted to give me instructions on how to appeal any specific one of those cases, or get information on the status of a single case, when the point was that she shouldn't be waiting for phone calls and paperwork for "release this person, he's in prison on entirely bogus charges" in each case. I want a DA whose reaction to a widely publicized and clear set of injustices won't be "here's how to fill out paperwork to set aside 1% of it."
siderea asking for people's advice on who to vote for, and why:Patalano: she promises to reduce cash bail and work against mass incarceration and the racism that permeates decisions about who is indicted and for what.
I am also to some extent voting against Ryan [the incumbent], for her/her office's behavior and foot-dragging over setting aside the tainted drug lab convictions. (I was one of I don't know how many people calling to say "these are all based on fraudulent drug "testing" results, set them aside and release the victims now," and what I got was staffers who clearly had no idea of what to do with calls from the public. The relevant part of their voice mail system wanted to give me instructions on how to appeal any specific one of those cases, or get information on the status of a single case, when the point was that she shouldn't be waiting for phone calls and paperwork for "release this person, he's in prison on entirely bogus charges" in each case. I want a DA whose reaction to a widely publicized and clear set of injustices won't be "here's how to fill out paperwork to set aside 1% of it."
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