Negrin was a litigator with the global law firm of Morgan Lewis, where he concentrated his practice in the representation of corporations in various facets of civil, administrative and criminal proceedings. He has served as a member of the Board of Directors for a number of community based organizations including Congreso de Latinos Unidos , where he served as Chair of the Governance Committee. Negrin has also been active in the Hispanic National Bar Association.
From to , Mr. Negrin served as pro bono General Counsel to the national non-profit organization, Families of Spinal Muscular Atrophy, which raises awareness and research funding to combat the disease.
I wanted our officers to be so invested in their community that when they see graffiti, they clean it up. We need a police force, and I think we need a D. So a big part of what we did is bring everybody together around a common goal. Get rid of it. We used to have five people ran an urban garden in Philly Rising. Fatal drug overdoses in Philadelphia skyrocketed to in , a 30 percent uptick. What, if anything, should the D.
When it was only hitting certain communities, nobody was talking about it. We need a comprehensive approach, where all our partners are working together around the issue. We need a task force that is aggressively pursuing not just those doctors who are overprescribing, not just those folks who are dealing, but also the drug houses that often are just a revolving door of arrests. We need to be very serious on the enforcement side in terms of working together across partners.
That trust is not there today. So one of the things I do the moment I walk in the door is start to restore those relationships over time, start working together around these big issues. We need a smarter approach. So how would you deal with drug users as D. I think we need to expand on that. The purpose of the criminal justice system should be to get them out of the criminal justice system, not keep them in.
So the conversation becomes who can we save and how, and what are the systems and programs we can put in place to get people off that track? Do we have the relationships in the community? Do we have the relationships with business leaders? Can we get them jobs? The pastor at [La Iglesia Del Barrio] has a drug treatment program in his church that is amazing. He not only brings them in to get through their addiction, but he also gets them jobs and gets them training around technical skills.
Other candidates have proposed charging more people with homicide who have delivered drugs resulting in death. What do you think of that approach? We need a broad, holistic approach with more resources to resolve that. Black Lives Matter argues that police are not treated fairly in the justice system, and that those who commit crimes or unjustly shoot civilians are often let off the hook.
Do you think they are right in that assertion? And how should the D. One of the first things I did in city government was get put on an advisory board on police discipline. The arbitration system is broken here in Philadelphia because officers who commit acts that are clearly in violation get their jobs back with back pay after a couple years.
We need to treat our officers with respect and our officers need to treat our citizens with respect.
We need to do more of that. You mention Black Lives Matter. I think it happens to black police officers and Latino police officers.
I think black lives absolutely matter. We need to hold officers who do the wrong thing accountable. I think the [Fraternal Order of Police] will tell you that. Are you seeking support from the Fraternal Order of the Police?
I think we all should. He hits back at the naysayers and emphasizes that he is looking to continue his work on implementing ethics reforms in the city, amongst other policy initiatives. The bizarre nature of the DA race comes into focus under a cloud of corruption. Williams was later charged with bribery and corruption and is due to stand trial next month.
He wants to implement a number of policy changes within the office to fundamentally change the current culture of corruption left by Williams into one of transparency. He spent five years as pro bono general counsel to the Families of SMA, a nonprofit that raises awareness and research funding to combat the disease.
He said Tuesday that progress has been made in finding a cure for the disease. Please Sign In and use this article's on page print button to print this article. Nov 14, Thursday, November 15,
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