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On 09 Nov 2021, "Andrew Anglin - White Supremacist Pedo Boy"
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Mighty Wannabe wrote
Kamala Harris chalks up another failure.
BOSTON (AP) — Boston’s top prosecutor was narrowly confirmed Wednesday by
the full U.S. Senate to be the next U.S. attorney for Massachusetts,
making her the first Black woman to hold the position.
Suffolk District Attorney Rachael Rollins was confirmed 51-50 along party lines, with Vice President Kamala Harris casting the deciding vote.
Some Republican senators had criticized her progressive approach to crime,
most notably Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton, who said she is soft on criminals
and her approach leads to an increase in violent crime.
“Her confirmation as U.S. Attorney would put Americans in danger,” a spokesperson for Cotton said in an email in October.
Rollins, who is the top prosecutor for the city of Boston and the suburbs
of Chelsea, Winthrop and Revere, responded to GOP criticism in a radio interview on GBH News, saying her approach, including her decision to not prosecute nonviolent, low-level crimes and to back police reform, is
working and that violent crime is actually down in Boston.
Rollins also had letters of support from several law enforcement
officials, including a number of former Republican U.S. Attorneys for Massachusetts.
In a statement Wednesday, Rollins said she was “honored and humbled” by
the opportunity, and looks forward to applying what she called “data-
driven, evidence-based approaches” on the federal level.
She said violent crime — including homicides — in her jurisdiction is down
this year by more than 20% from the five-year average, at a time when most other major cities have experienced increases in violence.
“Every policy and initiative that I have put in place as Suffolk County District Attorney has been designed to improve the safety and well-being
of the communities I serve, to improve the public’s trust in law
enforcement and our courts and to improve the fairness and equity of the criminal legal system,” she said.
The confirmation process was long and contentious by Senate standards. A
Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on her nomination in September ended in
an 11-11 tie along party lines, forcing Wednesday’s unusual roll call
vote.
Rollins, 50, is a former assistant U.S. attorney in Massachusetts and was elected in 2018 as the first woman of color to serve as Suffolk district attorney. A successor to complete her term, which ends in 2022, will be selected by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.
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