North Carolina Dem who says she supports law enforcement endorsed by far-left defund police group

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Former North Carolina Supreme Court Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the state's Democratic candidate for Senate, received an endorsement from a major racial justice group that supports defunding and disbanding the police.

The political action committee (PAC) for Color of Change, which former Obama White House adviser Van Jones co-founded in 2005, announced in August that it would support Beasley's bid for Senate in large part because of her platform of "reforming the criminal justice system." Color of Change regularly posts on social media in support of anti-police policies and the Black Lives Matter movement. "Police brutality shows us that more cops in Black neighborhoods doesn't keep us safe, it harms Black people," the group tweeted in 2020. "It's time to invest in what really keeps Black communities safe - community-led health + safety strategies, not more policing.Text DEFUND to 55156. #DefundThePolice." "More police in Black neighborhoods, actually harms Black people," the group said in another tweet one day later.

Democratic Senate Candidate Cheri Beasley speaks to labor groups on September 17 in Charlotte, North Carolina. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) Color of Change is currently led by Rashad Robinson, an activist who has vocally supported defunding the police.

Robinson also sits on the board of the Marguerite Casey Foundation, a progressive group that favors abolishing the police and prison systems. "Policing is a violent institution that must end," Robinson said in a statement in 2020.