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"Val Demings’ rise from Orlando’s first black woman police chief to a congresswoman with a central role in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial landed her on Joe Biden’s vice presidential shortlist."
Jonathan Alingu, a co-director for the community organizing group Central Florida Jobs with Justice, said Demings’ choice to pursue a career in law enforcement makes her ill-suited for the vice presidency.
“She chose to be a police chief. She chose to engage in the traditional legacy of policing that is harmful to black people specifically, poor people specifically, in Orlando,” Alingu said. “She’s not the whole cause of it. It’s bigger than her, but at the same time, you have the power of choice to be in that position and that position got you here, and the moment has shifted and you have to answer for that.”
Alingu said Demings’ status as a black woman with law enforcement experience should matter less than her history of defending officers who are accused of brutality.
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