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Across South Carolina, our families and communities are being robbed of peace, justice, and security — while too many systems protect the insiders who profit from the chaos they created.
The people of the Lowcountry are done watching repeat offenders walk free, families torn apart by corrupt courts, and local voices silenced by bureaucrats who think they own our state.It’s time to take our communities, our courts, and our state back — by the people, for the people.

For years, we’ve seen the same pattern repeat itself:

• Repeat offenders returned to the streets, committing new crimes and costing innocent lives.
• Judges and officials who are lenient on serious criminal behavior, failing to protect victims.
• Prosecutors and judicial systems that prioritize technicalities over public safety.
• Local governments stripped of power to fix roads, safety infrastructure, and neighborhood priorities.
• Family courts and state agencies tearing apart homes instead of keeping them together.

We are fed up. When leaders fail to protect the innocent and prioritize the powerful, the people must act.

We will use lawful civic power — our voices, our votes, and our vigilance — to restore safety, fairness, and accountability in every corner of South Carolina.

Communities deserve judges, prosecutors, and laws that protect the innocent and punish those who harm them.We demand harsher penalties for those who abuse or exploit children.
Repeat offenders, child predators, and those who produce or distribute child sexual abuse material must face life without parole — and for the most egregious crimes, the death penalty must be on the table.If a criminal destroys a child’s innocence and inflicts lifelong trauma, they destroy a life.
Our laws must reflect that truth.We will also increase sentences for violent offenders, end early releases for repeat criminals, and expand civil confinement for dangerous sexual predators to keep them off our streets permanently.

Local communities know their priorities best.
In South Carolina, SCDOT controls 66% of our roads, compared to only 12% in Florida. That imbalance has left our cities and counties powerless to fix potholes, drainage, and infrastructure that directly affect public safety.We demand a return of local road ownership and funding to our municipalities — giving towns and counties both the authority and the resources to act.Local control means:

• Local contractors get local bids, keeping dollars in the community.
• Local leaders decide which roads get fixed first — not bureaucrats in Columbia.
• Local taxpayers finally get what they pay for.

It’s time to end the confusion over “who owns what road” and give power back to the people who live on them.

A strong South Carolina starts with strong families.
We will support programs that keep families together and end programs that push them apart, such as the current misuse of Title IV-D incentives that reward family separation and child-support conflict.We support:

• Family-preservation programs that provide help without punishment.
• Ending financial incentives that kick fathers out of homes when assistance is needed.
• Policies that prioritize keeping families together when both parents are able, willing, and fit.

We believe in shared parenting — because children need both parents.
Decades of research show that children who have equal access to both parents are more successful, healthier, and less likely to experience poverty, depression, or incarceration.We will fight to end parental alienation — the psychological abuse that occurs when one parent manipulates a child to reject the other.
Courts must be trained to recognize it and act swiftly to protect the child’s bond with both parents.

South Carolina’s Family Court system was created in 1976, and in the 50 years since, it has destroyed more families than it has helped.
It eliminated the right to a jury trial, removing the people’s voice from the most personal matters of justice — family, children, and finances.Before 1976, parents could request a jury of their peers to decide their case.
That right was stripped away, replaced by a system controlled by judges, lawyers, and guardians ad litem more interested in billable hours than the best interest of children.Family Court has become a system of profit, not protection.
And Probate Court often mirrors it, enriching insiders while families lose their savings and their say.We demand the restoration of jury trials in Family and Probate Courts, giving citizens the right to request a jury when fundamental rights, children, or property are at stake.We also demand reform of the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) — replacing lawyer-legislators who hand-pick judges with seven independent Judicial Commissioners, one from each congressional district, accountable to the people they serve.Each commissioner would be a paid public servant, answerable to citizens — not politicians.
No single governor or legislator should control the courts.
Justice must be by the people, for the people, not by the few for the connected.

No elected official, party boss, or chair should use their position to enrich themselves or silence others.
We will fight to ban self-dealing in public and political offices — including prohibiting party chairs from profiting off campaign consulting or insider contracts.Transparency, audits, and accountability must be the standard — not the exception.

This movement will never resort to intimidation or violence.
We will use lawful civic action — our votes, petitions, public records, and organizing power — to replace failed leaders and restore safety, liberty, and fairness.We will:

• Vote them out. Register voters, mobilize turnout, and support reform-minded candidates.
• Hold oversight hearings. Demand open records and accountability from officials.
• Support prosecutorial reform. Ensure that corruption and violent crimes are prosecuted fully.
• Pursue legislative change. Pass laws to restore jury trials, strengthen sentencing, return local control, and reform family policy.
• Build local power. Form Take Back chapters in Charleston, Dorchester, Berkeley, and across the state to coordinate reform and community safety.

This movement is not about vengeance — it’s about responsibility.
The responsibility of public servants to protect the innocent, and the responsibility of citizens to hold them accountable.If an official puts politics, profit, or ideology above justice, we will remove them at the ballot box.We will not be silent, and we will not back down.
We will organize, educate, and vote — because integrity, fairness, and family are worth fighting for.

If you want safer streets, fairer courts, and stronger families, join us.Together, we will:

• Restore justice for victims and accountability for criminals.
• Protect children and end family destruction in our courts.
• Rebuild roads and communities under local control.
• End corruption and conflicts of interest in public office.
• Uphold liberty, fairness, and faith in our laws.

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