Cheri Beasley in State of North Carolina secondary Archives
On Civil Rights:
Acknowledged enduring racial inequalities in judicial system
Outgoing Chief Justice Beasley detailed a commission that will recommend how to discourage and ultimately eliminate unfair treatment in the judicial system based on race, gender or other factors. The Chief Justice's Commission on Fairness and Equity
was created by a Supreme Court order. Beasley, the first Black woman serving as chief justice, delivered an address following the death of George Floyd that acknowledged enduring racial inequalities in North Carolina's system.
Source: Asheville Citizen-Times on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Dec 30, 2020
On Crime:
Bail reform shows promising results in pilot programs
Tearful at times, Beasley gave a short address from the court chambers, calling for the state to listen to protesters decrying police violence and understand the deep roots of their frustration. "We must do better," she said. "We must be better.
Too many people believe that there are two kinds of justice. In our courts, African-Americans are more harshly treated, more severely punished and more likely to be presumed guilty.""These protests highlight the despair and injustice that continue to
plague black communities," she said, becoming emotional when she mentioned her twin sons. "Racism and prejudice have remained stubbornly fixed and resistant to change." Beasley said bail reform shows promising results in the eight counties where pilot
programs are being tried. Nationally, advocates for change are stressing that too many people are held for cash bail for nonviolent crimes and are freed before trial only based on their ability to pay.
Source: The Raleigh News-Observer on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Jun 2, 2021
On Drugs:
Drug treatment courts part of solution to substance abuse
Beasley said she also wants to increase the number of drug treatment courts. Currently, there are 23 courts in the state, but she would like to see one in every county. "The reality is we have been in crisis for some time,"
Beasley said. "There are folks that are around us in our families and communities that do have substance abuse issues. We believe the court system ought to be a part of solution making for those families."
Source: Salisbury Post on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Jan 12, 2020
On Principles & Values:
Washington responding only to well-connected needs to end
[Campaign announcement]: "For too many families across North Carolina, the doors of opportunity have been closed," said Beasley in a video. "They've been left behind and ignored for too long. I'm running for Senate because it's time for that to change."
"Whether it's health care, education, the ability to find work that supports a family, or retire with dignity, too often Washington only responds to the well-connected, and as we come out of this pandemic, that needs to end," she added.
Source: CNN Politics on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Apr 27, 2021
On Principles & Values:
First black female chief justice of state Supreme Court
The first Black woman to serve as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court wants to make history again--as the first Black U.S. senator from North Carolina. She has won two statewide judicial elections--for the court of appeals in 2008 and for
the Supreme Court in 2014. In 2019, she was tapped to lead the court. "No door should ever be closed to you. With hard work and determination, you can accomplish anything," Beasley says to open her campaign launch video.
Source: The Raleigh News-Observer on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Apr 27, 2021
On Tax Reform:
Make Child Tax Credit permanent
The direct payments to parents and caregivers were a part of the pandemic relief plan to give working families a little more room in their budgets to buy groceries and school supplies, pay the rent or mortgage and cover unexpected expenses like medical
care. It will lift nearly 140,000 children in North Carolina out of poverty. In short, this tax cut is life-changing for children and families in our state and across our country--which is exactly why these tax cuts need to be made permanent.
Source: The Enterprise on 2022 North Carolina Senate race
Aug 11, 2021
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