Yeah. Ingham County prose
says when she was first e
of her main goals was to
racial bias and racial di
enforcement. But there's
supports the policies she
do that. So I was an assi
the 80s, I was raised in
community. I've always ha
rights, all aspects of ci
I've been a feminist my w
rights, racial disproport
collateral consequences.
as the prosecutor, my goa
a more equitable criminal
that means looking at all
unfortunately it's not eq
in the past month, Ingham
carol semen has pushed ou
she says will decrease th
people behind bars. Curre
make up 14% of michigan's
of the prisoners in the s
at the data and that one
there's just no question
disproportionality is so
couldn't justify. She ann
her office will no longer
from traffic stops for mi
to public safety. And las
be changing the way her o
felony firearm charge, mi
felony firearm charge In
a rise in the state's gun
designed to say if you ca
carry one you're going to
mandatory two years in pr
of felony firearm, Even i
you're legally able to ha
use the gun in the commis
says she's only going to
their actual behavior whi
not for a weapon that was
In 2020, the prosecutor's
total of 205 felony firea
on a felony firearm charg
population of 14%, so in,
of 12%, we have about 80%
prison for felony firearm
reach out. She has reache
understand what's going o
streets and I commend you
how does it make me feel?
like progress is happenin
Michael lind Junior runs
are Lansing south side as
free CPL classes to young
linde says both policies
for those young people wh
know, young people are be
minor traffic violations
their cars and finding fi
young people are walking
to protect themselves fro
we understand are dangero
that fishing, so it reall
playing field where they
I think the vast majority
community, I feel that th
wrong thing to do. It's n
Um, I think this is prove
in other municipalities a
Crime is exploding in tho
And we just don't think i
for Ingham County at all.
Scott Wigglesworth says h
how semen went about intr
He says the Sheriff's off
in communication between
prosecutor's office was n
involved at all in this o
policies, policies that s
she involved us to a mini
On the 11th or 12th, I'm
out and that's exactly wh
first time that we got to
time, the public arena, W
racial disparities do exi
And he also believes the
black people in prison. B
priority is protecting th
these new policies will g
that. Does this policy, i
an impact, potentially se
of color to prison? Oh, I
true. But on the other ha
you know, the cost, what'
life? So there's, there's
to be involved in this. A
simply thumb your nose at
that create the laws and
on the books because you
of it and get the laws ch
start ignoring laws that
of some personal agenda o
or somebody across the co
think you should do this.
on what's happening here
not what's happening in o
the country. I don't thin
evidence that uh enhancem
commit crimes while carry
significantly increased t
of the law. What there is
is that these enhancement
disparities inside the cr
and helped to fuel mass i
People in prison longer a
population. That Stanford
Slansky, he's done resear
and criminal activity for
now. He was also a federa
Angeles. Slansky says the
racial disparities in law
that's becoming more comm
across the state. Startin
ago prosecutors began to
the country, um based on
system more balanced to r
to decrease unnecessary h
this trend. Um one is def
attention to racial dispa
justice system. Um that's
think can be chiefly attr
around the Black Lives Ma
says she's hopeful she'll
disagreements with local
stairs on these policies,
deep. I don't agree. I do
I don't agree with it at
police chiefs in Ingham C
with it at all. And most
the country wouldn't agre
Lansing, I'm Larry Wallac