AMERICANALMANAC (Alan Benson) - Roy Cooper put a convicted felon on his criminal justice task force — now it's a Senate race liability
North Carolina's Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper appointed a former Bloods gang member convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder to a state task force on racial equity in criminal justice, a record his Republican opponent is now using against him. Cooper created the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice by executive order […] The post Roy Cooper put a convicted felon on his criminal justice task force — now it's a Senate race liability appeared first on American Almanac .
North Carolina's Democratic Senate nominee Roy Cooper appointed a former Bloods gang member convicted of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder to a state task force on racial equity in criminal justice, a record his Republican opponent is now using against him. Cooper created the Task Force for Racial Equity in Criminal Justice by executive order in June 2020, weeks after the death of George Floyd. Among the members he chose was Kerwin Pittman, who had been convicted in 2007 for his role in a drive-by shooting in Raleigh that killed 19-year-old Jamel Amiens Jeffreys. A North Carolina Court of Appeals opinion described Pittman as a "ranking member of the Bloods." He was sentenced to more than 14 years in prison and ultimately served 11…Open