issue:
Human Rights
Morality should not sit down just because hatred stood up.
Our Need: We have constitutional laws and rules in place to protect people, all people, from malicious prosecution.
Perspective
There are countless examples of our government incarcerating people based on incorrect information and profiling. In some cases, these illegal efforts have led to the death of those targeted or in a few cases the death of those trying to speak out against said practices. I believe NC needs to demand minimum training standards, properly marked vehicles, unmasked officers, and visible personal ID for every type of law enforcement operating in our boundaries.
Further, North Carolina needs to pass laws to enforce that ICE completely stops sending people to concentrations camps—and what else can you call substandard warehousing of humans who are detained without legal representation or due process? That is unconstitutional incarceration.
Filing charges, obtaining warrants, and making arrests for serious crimes are appropriate; the detention of people based on who they appear to be, even when they are clearly small children incapable of serious crimes, is immoral. I’m saddened that my opponent supported a bill which requires local sheriffs to comply with outsiders from ICE.
The laws to protect us apply to all of us, according to our constitution, and minimum standards of qualifications and adhering to that constitution must be upheld legally.
Likewise, the Bible I read is described as having over 2,000 verses referencing how to treat the poor. It also reminds me that God’s perspective is “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me” (Matthew 25:40). So my conscience calls me daily to assure that my treatment toward anyone or any group is not based on some mistaken idea that some people are made more in the likeness of God than others and so deserve better treatment.