Democratic Primaries
Related: About this forumHere's How Lucy Flores Went From Juvenile Delinquent To Working With Bernie Sanders (from 2016)
She came up through a very hard life. Two of her brothers died in east Los Angeles of gang and drug-related murders.
For some reason, the link will only link to the main publication, so I posted a working link on a tweet.
https://medium.com/@mitunetwork/heres-how-lucy-flores-went-from-juvenile-delinquent-to-working-with-bernie-sanders-82a170fc1d63
Link to tweet
I didnt have any support. I didnt understand what was happening. I started doing poorly in school and not a single person intervened, Flores recalled to mitú. I went from this gifted and talented education student to really failing every single one of my placement exams and doing poorly in school almost overnight, and not a single person noticed. So, I didnt have that support structure there and I fell through the cracks like so many people do and I didnt have a whole lot of positive role models and people to aspire to, but I did have a lot of negative ones.
Just going through that system, it was really traumatic and partially explains why, statistically speaking, I should have ended up in that system, Flores told mitú when recalling being strip-searched at just 12 years old. But, eventually I ended up on juvenile parole at 15 because all of that seriousness quickly escalated and was sent away for grand theft auto and a couple of other major, more serious, crimes. When I got out I was expected to do better given the same circumstances, the same resources, the same everything because there also isnt enough of a support structure when you are released out of the correctional facility.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
JI7
(89,252 posts)and I do agree women can be uncomfortable and assumed this was the case until I heard her speak and saw pics of the event.
it was after hearing her tell her own side and the pics I saw that I don't believe he touched her at all the way she claims.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Beringia
(4,316 posts)in a hug.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
I found her not to be credible in her interview with Tapper.
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
flotsam
(3,268 posts)is a predicate felon?
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
Beringia
(4,316 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
TCJ70
(4,387 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Screams of DOXING!!1! reverberated throughout DU.
OMG THEY ARE DOXING those poor innocent people!
But here we are now digging into peoples background because they dared to say something against Joe Biden...but this time, no doxing right? SMH
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
LongtimeAZDem
(4,494 posts)And equating unsubstantiated accusations of improper conduct with asking a candidate questions in a town hall is putrid.
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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marble falls
(57,102 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
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