11-20-2021, 11:18 PM
(11-20-2021, 06:11 PM)BengalYankee Wrote: You do know or maybe I guess you did not know that it was many African American leaders/pastors etc, who begged Clinton and the Democratic party to do something because of the very high crime rate affecting African Americans. Remember there was a very bad crack epidemic at the time.
Remember?
I remember it well, I was right in the thick of it. That said, the harsher sentences given for crack cocaine vs powdered cocaine became the rallying cry for those saying the law was racist. And they are still saying it. They just forget who wrote it.