Dem Rep. Bowman endorses DA candidate who pledges not to prosecute long list of crimes

Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., endorsed a candidate for Manhattan district attorney who has pledged to not prosecute a long list of crimes and has called prosecution "inherently harmful."

In a video posted to Twitter on Wednesday, Bowman threw his support behind Tahanie Aboushi for Manhattan’s top prosecutor, becoming the latest progressive lawmaker to do so.

Bowman said in the video that much of the "abuse" that he endured from law enforcement happened when he was "a child in Manhattan," and endorsed Aboushi for her "restorative justice lens and perspective."