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re: The Events Last Night May Be a "Worst Case" Scenario for Race-Protesting
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:04 am to Jagd Tiger
Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:04 am to Jagd Tiger
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I don't disagree that the WoD is no a solution for the most part, but son, your ability to tie causality to outcomes is pretty limited. You need to go back to the drawing board.
When Reagan declared the War on Drugs, drug use was actually on the decline. Many "states rights" conservatives objected forcefully to the over-reaching new federal legislation at the time. Many local police forces did not understand or want to be involved...then DC started pouring in the cash bribes. Fast forward 20 years and you have a militarized police force and an almost entirely imprisoned class. Hard to ignore something that never even had to happen.
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Posted on 11/25/14 at 10:07 am to Big Scrub TX
Little nugget of history... Know who was the big proponent on stringent drug laws with regards to crack? Speaker Tip O'Neill (D) of Massachusetts thanks to Len Bias' heart exploding before he played for the Celtics.
The heightened penalties for crack vs powdered coke have been pointed to as a massive reason for the out of whack racial sentencing for drug possession.
The heightened penalties for crack vs powdered coke have been pointed to as a massive reason for the out of whack racial sentencing for drug possession.
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