What the Next NYC Police Commissioner Could Mean for Stop-and-Frisk Culture
What The Next NYC Police Commissioner Could Mean For Stop-And-Frisk Culture
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And he endorsed eliminating the 100-to-1 disparity between sentences for crack cocaine, more common among African Americans, and powder cocaine. (The Fair Sentencing Act ultimately reduced that disparity to 18-to-1.) He told the New York Times in … Read more on ThinkProgress
'Outright lie,' Rob Ford says of new allegations in court document
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Cutting Unfair Crack Cocaine Sentences Saves Taxpayers >$500 Million
Cutting Unfair Crack Cocaine Sentences Saves Taxpayers >0 Million
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Powder cocaine and crack are two versions of the same drug, except that crack is processed with baking soda or other substances. Until 2010, when Congress passed the Fair Sentencing Act, a person caught with one gram of crack would get as much time … Read more on Mother Jones
Aug 19, 2013 — America's black leadership supported the drug war for decades …
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Grosse Pointe Farms Police Warned Murder Suspect to Stay Away From Family
Grosse Pointe Farms Police Warned Murder Suspect to Stay Away from Family
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The warning from police wasn't the only sign of trouble with Pagan of Casco Township. In September 2012, Neumann came into … Pagan was arrested for felonious assault and possession of crack cocaine, Wiley said. He was placed on probation in October, … Read more on Patch.com
From 'The Carter' to a home
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The Drug War Prophet
The Drug War Prophet
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In a tepid new directive from the DOJ, Attorney General Holder will announce Monday a new policy directing federal prosecutors not to include quantities of drugs possessed in drafting indictments for certain defendants charged with drug crimes. The … Read more on Daily Beast
Obama defends the New Jim Crow
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Fair Sentencing Act: Are Crack Cocaine Laws Intentionally Racist?
Fair Sentencing Act: Are Crack Cocaine Laws Intentionally Racist?
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The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that not doing so would be unconstitutional because the present system is racially discriminatory, with black people making up the vast majority (over 80%) of those serving sentences for crack cocaine offenses. Read more on PolicyMic
koocing cracc pt1 – koocin it.
3-NG street gang members linked to 10 killings in 30-count racketeering indictment
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Equal Justice
Equal justice
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It expands a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that applied the Fair Sentencing Act to people who committed crack cocaine crimes shortly before more lenient penalties took effect in 2010. It's time to undo fully these unjust and irrational sentences … Read more on Toledo Blade
Preview Review: 'Elysium' Extended Trailer
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It opens with a scene that allows Damon to crack a few jokes, assuring auds that we'll like the character he plays. But it's a bit too heavy on key plot … eaten the whole cheese.” With nearly all the visual effects done by now, the studio wants you … Read more on Variety
Use of Force at Meriden Police Station Under Investigation
Use Of Force At Meriden Police Station Under Investigation
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He acted erratically, seemed paranoid and admitted to having smoked crack cocaine and swallowing cocaine, police said. The man flailed about. He screamed about forgiveness and yelled that people were watching him as medics and police placed him in … Read more on Hartford Courant
Swap out soda to take control of your teeth
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Obama at Morehouse: Try Another Listen
Obama at Morehouse: Try Another Listen
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They seem to brush off the Fair Sentencing Act the president signed in 2010 that reduced the glaring disparity in punishment for those charged with crack offenses and those with powder cocaine offenses … To expect the president to introduce an … Read more on The Root
What’s wrong with mandatory minimum sentencing? – 9/14/07. Dr Alvin Poussaint explains how the pointless disparity in powder cocaine and crack rock sentencing is inherently racist.
The truth in Kanye's anti-prison rap
U.S. Drug Czar: 'I Was Wrong. Addiction Is Not a Moral Failing'
U.S. Drug Czar: 'I Was Wrong. Addiction Is Not A Moral Failing'
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The 96-page report includes a one-paragraph section on sentencing that notes only that the Fair Sentencing Act reduced the disparity between cocaine and crack sentences from 100 to 1. It does not note, however, that the disparity is still 18 to 1, or … Read more on ThinkProgress
Nkechi_Taifa2_147.mp4 – 25 YEARS OF INJUSTICE: SENTENCING DISPARITIES FOR CRACK AND POWDER COCAINE (Part 2 of 2) They are the same drug, pharmacologically speaking, argues Nkechi Ta…
Police Say Roueche Exaggerates His Impact in Rolling Stone Article
Police say Roueche exaggerates his impact in Rolling Stone article
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The gangs that became the hells angels were born in the late 60?s…all these dhaks , bindys, UN,the Russians, slick j … Whoever, were not even footnotes in history. So all you new jacks who think the HA is ….. A BC WIDE warrant of arrest was in … Read more on Vancouver Sun (blog)
Is Obama delivering on promise of '21st century' drug policy? | Analysis
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