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Something and it was a mistake. should i have to hear that from my dad? hes trying to protect me. but you were talking about the arrest statistics and incarceration statistics, we lock up 60 times more people in this country than any other industrialized nation in the world. most are black and brown. we have an incarceration crisis in this country. no one wants to talk about it. we dont have the political will to talk about >> it thats not entirely true. the attorney general of the united states...

>> if i told you that one out of three african-american males its forbidden by law from voting you might think i was talking about jim crow 50 years ago. yet today a third of african-american males are still prevented from voting because of the war on drugs. the war on drugs has disproportionately affected young black males. the aclu reports that blacks are 4 to 5 times more likely to be convicted for drug possession. although surveys in k s indicats and whites use drugs at the same similar rate...

Money locking up the wrong people. >> hmm. >> and speaking of libertarians, rand paul, a leading voice in this effort. testified in front of the senate judiciary committee yesterday. a little of what he had to say. >> the majority of illegal drug users and dealers nationwide are white. but 3/4 of the people in prison for drugs are african-american or latino. why are arrest rates so lopsided? its frankly easier to go into the urban areas and make arrests than to go into suburban areas. arrest sta...

Thats a snart. >> everyone in politics tefrn knows the dont fund it is important. just not as the important as the the re-election of the president. who ran on obama care. ran on his record. the problem they have. not only harry reid is not moving as the a political matter. we have a way to check in with the american people. the election of the incumbent president. to put a face on some points dean was making. we have talked about coming together as a country with horrific stuff we saw happen th...

The war on drugs has disproportionately affected young black males. the aclu reports that blacks are 4 to 5 times more likely to be convicted for drug possession. although surveys indicate blacks and whites use drugs at the same similar rate. the majority of illegal drug users and dealers nationwide are white. 3/4 of the people in prison for drug offenses are african-american or latino. why are arrest rates lopsided? because it is frankly easier to go into the urban areas and make arrests than t...