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Obama looks beyond commutations in justice reform bid
CNN ^ | 7-14-2015 | Kevin Liptak

Posted on 07/14/2015 11:13:27 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot

Edited on 07/14/2015 1:17:55 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

His speech at the annual convention of the NAACP in Philadelphia comes as a confederation of support for new sentencing laws spreads across the political spectrum. Obama and his aides hope the bipartisan endorsements will help spur lawmakers into taking action to help resolve deep-seeded problems that have led to the largest prison population in the world.


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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: obama
Does it matter if it is the eulogy at Clementa Pinckney's funeral, or an address at NAACP?

Give Obama a microphone and rolling cameras, he's going to vent his political ambitions.

1 posted on 07/14/2015 11:13:27 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot
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To: Sir Napsalot

The lw doesn’t apply to him so why should it apply to other “black” males?


2 posted on 07/14/2015 11:16:08 AM PDT by 43north (BHO: 50% black, 50% white, 100% RED.)
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To: Sir Napsalot

The non violent ones don’t deserve jail when the violent ones get promoted to civil rights icons!


3 posted on 07/14/2015 11:19:23 AM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Sadly, and I mean that in every sense of the word, there will be some folks around these parts who will remain real silent on this subject for now, but they’ll be jumping up and own for joy none the less.

We know who they are.


4 posted on 07/14/2015 11:21:54 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: Sir Napsalot
Sen. Rand Paul and Charles and David Koch,

And the conservatives would be whom?

5 posted on 07/14/2015 11:23:41 AM PDT by FredZarguna (Now, which is bigger, Pluto or Goofy?)
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To: rawcatslyentist

Don’t kid yourself the non-violent ones don’t deserve it, simply because they weren’t being violent at the time of their arrested. Many of them participated in activity where death and destruction are a massive part of the operation.


6 posted on 07/14/2015 11:24:04 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: DoughtyOne
I can understand how you missed the sarcasm as my statement was only half s.

They really do make icons of the violent ones!

7 posted on 07/14/2015 12:09:06 PM PDT by rawcatslyentist (Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
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To: 43north

Very true.
I would bet that he releases all his bretheren, muslims especially. Add them to the illegals he is releasing and allowing to come here, this ought to be something.

Cloward Piven in action.


8 posted on 07/14/2015 12:18:26 PM PDT by Texas resident (The democrat party is the CPUSA)
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To: Sir Napsalot

Maybe he will propose creating a “federal reservation”, for young black men, so that instead of prison, they can live in a place “devoid of any racism”.

They can live in comfortable, refurbished shipping containers, and once a month, supplies will be airdropped for them to divide among themselves. Hundreds of thousands of wild hogs and feral chickens will also run free in the reservation.

Which will, of course, be surrounded by a very high fence with electrified barbed wire.


9 posted on 07/14/2015 12:34:37 PM PDT by yefragetuwrabrumuy ("Don't compare me to the almighty, compare me to the alternative." -Obama, 09-24-11)
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To: Sir Napsalot

This is one area where I agree with Bill O’Reilly...drug dealing is a violent offense.

I suspect the majority of people in prison for ‘non-violent drug offenses’ are there because they possessed more than just personal use quantities of drugs.


10 posted on 07/14/2015 12:41:24 PM PDT by lacrew
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