A man wrongly convicted of murder in San Francisco while Vice President Kamala Harris served as the city’s district attorney issued a call for the presidential candidate to face questions about those “framed for murder under her watch” during her interview with radio host Charlamagne tha God.
Jamal Trulove was wrongly convicted of murder in 2008, but by 2015 was freed and later secured a $13.1 million settlement from the City of San Francisco over his wrongful conviction. After previously endorsing the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020, Trulove in August announced his endorsement of former President Donald Trump.
In his video, Trulove noted he was previously interviewed by Charlamagne tha God ahead of the 2020 election when he appeared to publicly forgive Harris for her role in his wrongful conviction for a 2008 murder.
“Four years ago, we did an interview, and I remember you saying that you believed 100 percent that Kamala should give me an apology for what had happened to me under her administration,” said Trulove.
After noting the Harris campaign town hall with Charlamagne tha God, he urged the radio host to ask Harris about his case.
“I would love for you to ask her this question,” said Trulove. “Does she have any remorse for the people, like myself and others, who were wrongfully convicted under her administration in San Francisco, and if she does, does she have any reason to why something like this could have happened, not only to me, but to other people as well?”
Trulvoe added, “And where does she stand on people that’s wrongfully convicted under her administration come home from it?”
Trulove released a video in August revealing his decision to support the Biden-Harris ticket in 2020 was an effort to preserve his entertainment career.
According to Trulove, after Harris was announced as President Joe Biden’s running mate, “Executive producers [were] detaching, contracts dissolving.”
He explained, “The movement that I wanted to have, to ultimately tell my story, vanished.”
Trulove explained, “I told the world I’m gonna put my differences aside with Kamala Harris and I’m gonna vote with Joe Biden.”
He explained his past endorsement of the Biden-Harris ticket would not prevent him from speaking his mind about Harris’ role in his wrongful conviction or his support for Trump.
“She’s the head of it, she overseen it. She had to, it was a murder case right?” Trulove added, “At the end of my paperwork it was stamped and sealed the Office of Kamala Harris.”
Trulove added of his support for Trump, “I’m going with Donald Trump, where’s my red hat at?”
Though Trulove’s wrongful murder conviction may be unique to Harris’ career, he was not the only defendant whose case was prosecuted under Harris and ended with a high-profile settlement.
In 2016, a settlement was reached for a woman who was prosecuted after police shot her during a mental health crisis at a group home in San Francisco. No officers were injured during the incident, and the woman was continuing to struggle with her mental health and living in a hotel in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district in 2022.
Harris served as the San Francisco District Attorney of San Francisco from 2003 to 2011 and California Attorney General from 2011 to 2017.
Watch Trulove’s earlier video about Harris:
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Tom Pappert is the lead reporter for The Tennessee Star, and also reports for The Pennsylvania Daily Star and The Arizona Sun Times. Follow Tom on X/Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Jamal Trulove” by Jamal Trulove.
