Kamala Harris’ Prosecutor Record May Haunt VP Selection Process

  • With law and order in spotlight, Harris faces renewed scrutiny
  • Senator is one of several women being vetted for running mate
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris attend a debate in Houston, in 2019.Photographer: Win McNamee/Getty Images
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Senator Kamala Harris’ prospects of becoming Joe Biden’s running mate may be complicated by her own record as a prosecutor, despite her strong words in support of those protesting police brutality in Minnesota and elsewhere.

Some of the longstanding anger and discontent over the treatment of African-Americans by police and prosecutors has at times been directed at Harris, who was district attorney of San Francisco and later California attorney general.