Al Sharpton in 2020 DE Governor's race


On Government Reform: An "affront" that Delaware had a whites-only Supreme Court

The Rev. Al Sharpton congratulated Delaware's governor for making Vice Chancellor Tamika Montgomery-Reeves the first black judge to be appointed to the state Supreme Court, but also said the judiciary still needs a more diverse panel of justices. It was an "affront," he said, that a Delaware criminal justice system that disproportionately arrests, convicts and incarcerates people of color has been overseen by a "whites only" Supreme Court. "We must in many ways repair the institutional neglect of people of color in the judiciary in this state," Sharpton said. The speech follows months of advocacy ads, making similar calls for racial justice in Delaware.

Before Gov. John Carney's appointment of Montgomery-Reeves to the Supreme Court, Sharpton said he was preparing to directly challenge, rather than congratulate, the governor, given the state never had had a black justice on its Supreme Court.

Source: Wilmington News Journal on 2020 Delaware Gubernatorial race Oct 31, 2019

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