The Aporia · North Carolina Dem Senate candidate added former Bloods gang member to criminal justice task force: report

North Carolina Senate candidate Roy Cooper added Kerwin Pittman, an ex-member of the notorious Bloods gang, to his 2020 "Racial Equity in Criminal Justice" task force. Pittman was convicted of conspiracy to commit murder and served 14 years in prison for the crime. The task force's creation was in response to George Floyd's death in 2020, and its members were tasked with discussing criminal justice reform. Cooper has defended his choice by saying that Pittman's past actions occurred when he was a teenager.

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Roy Cooper, the former Democratic governor of North Carolina now running for Senate, added an ex-member of the notorious Bloods gang to a "Racial Equity in Criminal Justice" task force in 2020. The task force was created by Cooper via executive order in response to George Floyd's death. Kerwin Pittman, who served 14 years in prison for conspiracy to commit murder, was convicted of his crime in 2007 and identified as a "ranking member of the Bloods" during a trial. As part of the task force, Pittman contributed to conversations about criminal justice reform due to his "lived experience". When questioned about this appointment, Cooper's campaign pointed out that his opponent, Michael Whatley, appointed a convicted child sex predator to a top role within the North Carolina Republican Party.

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Roy Cooper, the former Democrat governor of North Carolina now running for Senate, added an ex-member of the notorious Bloods gang to a "Racial Equity in Criminal Justice" task force in 2020. asserted

Cooper → run → 2020

In the wake of George Floyd's 2020 death, Cooper created the task force via executive order, The Washington Free Beacon reported. asserted

Beacon → create → order

Cooper, who tapped then state attorney general turned current Gov. Josh Stein to lead the task force, stocked the panel with a mix of state officials and community activists, including Kerwin Pittman, who was convicted in 2007 of conspiracy to commit murder, serving 14 years in prison for the crime, according to records obtained by the Free Beacon. uncertain

who → tap → Beacon

Pittman was also identified as a "ranking member of the Bloods" by prosecutors during a murder trial for Bloods member Michael Contrez Jones. asserted

Pittman → identify → Jones

Pittman was convicted in connection to the 2006 drive-by-shooting of 19-year-old Jamel Amiens Jeffreys, the Free Beacon reported. asserted

Beacon → convict → Jeffreys

Pittman defended his involvement in the task force and argued his past actions were the result of poor judgment as a teenager. asserted

actions → defend → teenager

"I was asked to contribute to conversations about criminal justice reform because of both my lived experience and the work I was doing in communities," Pittman told the Free Beacon. asserted

Pittman → ask → Beacon

"I have never hidden my past. asserted

I → hide → past

The gang involvement and criminal conduct you reference occurred when I was a teenager and young man, at or before the age of 19. asserted

I → reference → 19

" "I made decisions as a young person that had serious consequences, including spending more than a decade incarcerated," he added. asserted

he → make → decade

Pittman, according to his LinkedIn profile, worked at the time of the task force's creation for Emancipate NC, an organization which, as the Free Beacon reported, has often called for the abolition of police, writing that "maintaining white supremacy has always been the goal of policing," in a 2023 company blog post. uncertain

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Cooper, who is running for Senate against former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley, referenced his opponent's record when asked to comment on the Free Beacon story. asserted

who → run → story

"While Roy spent his career putting rapists and violent criminals behind bars and signing tough on crime laws as governor, Michael Whatley spent his appointing a convicted child sex predator who served six years in prison and spent over a decade as a registered sex offender to a top role within the North Carolina Republican Party that gave him access to events with children," the Cooper campaign told Fox News Digital in a statement. asserted

campaign → spend → statement

Pittman and the Whatley campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment. asserted

Pittman → respond → comment

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