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Re: 55 years for selling mary jane!
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Originally Posted by Pressing-On
From your link, which wouldn't open today.
I happened to run across this article by Jason Riley, WSJ. Totally great article to take the time and read! 
Race Relations and Law Enforcement
Some insist that our jails and prisons are teeming with young black men due primarily to racist drug laws, but the reality is that the drug laws are neither racist nor driving the black incarceration rate. It’s worth remembering that the harsher penalties for crack cocaine offenses that were passed in the 1980s were supported by most of the Congressional Black Caucus, including Rep. Charles Rangel of Harlem, who at the time headed the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control. Crack was destroying black communities and many black political leaders wanted dealers to face longer sentences. In other words, black legislators in Washington led the effort to impose tougher drug laws, a fact often forgotten by critics today.
http://imprimis.hillsdale.edu/race-r...w-enforcement/ |
Pressing On,
The gentleman in question is not black and the drug in question is not crack.
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Last edited by Jermyn Davidson; 02-23-2015 at 11:25 AM.
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