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The United States Capitol is under siege by Trump Supporters

Race Jones said:
youre always spouting bullshit. lets get to the facts:


“Flash forward to the Clinton era. As soon as Chuck Schumer, Joseph R. Biden Jr. and others introduced their bipartisan crime bill in September of 1993, groups representing black communities pushed back. The N.A.A.C.P. called it a “crime against the American people.”

While supporting the idea of addressing crime, members of the Congressional Black Caucus criticized the bill itself and introduced an alternative bill that included investments in prevention and alternatives to incarceration, devoted $2 billion more to drug treatment and $3 billion more to early intervention programs. The caucus also put forward the Racial Justice Act, which would have made it possible to use statistical evidence of racial bias to challenge death sentences.

Given the history of selective hearing, what followed was no surprise. Black support for anti-crime legislation was highlighted, while black criticism of the specific legislation was tuned out. The caucus threatened to stall the bill, but lawmakers scrapped the Racial Justice Act when Republicans promised to filibuster any legislation that adopted its measures.”


www.nytimes.com

Opinion | Did Blacks Really Endorse the 1994 Crime Bill? (Published 2016)

African Americans wanted comprehensive action, not mass incarceration. But white politicians heard what they wanted to hear.
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Goddammit, If you're going to spout shit, stop spouting half-true shit. Tell the ENTIRE story.

www.theatlantic.com

The Crime-Bill Debate Shows How Short Americans’ Memories Are

In hindsight, complicated policy conversations get flattened into stark shades of right and wrong.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com

Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, who as House majority whip is the highest-ranking black member of Congress, voted for the crime bill, and he made the same point in vivid terms. In his first congressional race, in 1992, Clyburn once explained to an audience in the historic black enclave of Atlantic Beach that he opposed mandatory minimum prison sentences, which would become a feature of the 1994 legislation. “Those people darn near lynched me in that meeting, and there wasn’t a single white person in the room,” Clyburn told me. “The atmosphere back then—the scourge of crack cocaine and what it was doing in these African American communities—they were all for getting this out of their community.”

“I don’t care what color you are, if you are a criminal, you aren’t going to like the crime bill,” then-Representative Kweisi Mfume of Maryland, the chairman of the CBC, said at the time in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “Beyond that, if you are looking for some sense of security, for bans on weapons that are in our streets, for additional police officers and for programs for inner-city and rural young people, the crime bill helps you.”

The bill was eventually revived, in part because the White House acceded to stiffer sentencing provisions to win the Republican votes needed for passage in the face of conservative Democrats’ sustained opposition to the assault-weapons ban. It passed the House on a vote of 235–195 and the Senate by a final tally of 61–38. As my colleague Ronald Brownstein has noted, the bill also had the crucial backing of a coalition of 10 African American mayors, representing cities such as Detroit, Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, and Baltimore.
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At least I know you can read now, so you're not 100% ignorant. Just 50-60%.
 
Mister B. said:
Goddammit, If you're going to spout shit, stop spouting half-true shit. Tell the ENTIRE story.

www.theatlantic.com

The Crime-Bill Debate Shows How Short Americans’ Memories Are

In hindsight, complicated policy conversations get flattened into stark shades of right and wrong.
www.theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com

Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina, who as House majority whip is the highest-ranking black member of Congress, voted for the crime bill, and he made the same point in vivid terms. In his first congressional race, in 1992, Clyburn once explained to an audience in the historic black enclave of Atlantic Beach that he opposed mandatory minimum prison sentences, which would become a feature of the 1994 legislation. “Those people darn near lynched me in that meeting, and there wasn’t a single white person in the room,” Clyburn told me. “The atmosphere back then—the scourge of crack cocaine and what it was doing in these African American communities—they were all for getting this out of their community.”

“I don’t care what color you are, if you are a criminal, you aren’t going to like the crime bill,” then-Representative Kweisi Mfume of Maryland, the chairman of the CBC, said at the time in an interview with the Los Angeles Times. “Beyond that, if you are looking for some sense of security, for bans on weapons that are in our streets, for additional police officers and for programs for inner-city and rural young people, the crime bill helps you.”

The bill was eventually revived, in part because the White House acceded to stiffer sentencing provisions to win the Republican votes needed for passage in the face of conservative Democrats’ sustained opposition to the assault-weapons ban. It passed the House on a vote of 235–195 and the Senate by a final tally of 61–38. As my colleague Ronald Brownstein has noted, the bill also had the crucial backing of a coalition of 10 African American mayors, representing cities such as Detroit, Atlanta, Cleveland, Denver, and Baltimore.
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At least I know you can read now, so you're not 100% ignorant. Just 50-60%.
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I believe Clyburn. Crack hadn't really hit SC like that at the time, so I could see him not falling for the okie doke when it came to the drug war. I can also see other black politicians feeling the opposite way.
 
yall are slaves to the dem party.
Mister B. said:
And that's the bullseye here:

When it comes to "rights", people - especially Americans - seems to forget we have responsibilities with those rights.

We have the RIGHT to bear arms, but also a responsibility to do this in a safe and practical manner. That's why we need background checks and other protective measures; when we don't implement them properly, we get the Dylan Roofs and Las Vegas shooters of the world.

We have the RIGHT to birth control, but also have a responsibility to use it in a manner to literally control population. When we don't use it properly, you get a country with 340 MILLION people that's not designed to take care of all its citizens; you also get stupid shit like Teen Mom on MTV, and shows like Maury/Springer/Jenny Jones, as well as 500K orphans country-wide.

We have the RIGHT to freedom of speech, but have a responsibility to make sure that shit doesn't advocate for violence against others. When it's abused.....well, you get this shit at the Capitol.

Ultimately, America was built on the premise of people being able to understand what the responsibilities are that goes with all these rights we want. The problem is, there's just way too many irresponsible people in this muhfucka.
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in here sounding like a cac. who cares what america was founded on??? as a Black man you are embarrassing and a disgrace.
 
The wild shit is that congress people having to walk through metal detectors is a big deal where as a society we literally been sending out kids to schools where they have to walk through metal detectors.

Let that shit sit foe a while. Smfh

And these mfers will still vote against gun control.

Americas political system is basically us voting 550 or so mfers to get elected to get kick backs from lobbies. Votes are bought.

The United Lobbies of America
 
AZTG said:
The wild shit is that congress people having to walk through metal detectors is a big deal where as a society we literally been sending out kids to schools where they have to walk through metal detectors.

Let that shit sit foe a while. Smfh

And these mfers will still vote against gun control.

Americas political system is basically us voting 550 or so mfers to get elected to get kick backs from lobbies. Votes are bought.

The United Lobbies of America
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Gun control is not a issue. Don’t even bring it up
 
Race Jones said:
yall are slaves to the dem party.




in here sounding like a cac. who cares what america was founded on??? as a Black man you are embarrassing and a disgrace.
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As a white man (or possibly white woman, or just an ain't shit black lady), you need to try harder before you disgrace someone.
 
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