then there's hope yet...
Posted on 06/23/2014 7:23:32 PM PDT by Tailgunner Joe
"Three out of four people in prison are black or brown for nonviolent drug use. However, when you do surveys, white kids are doing drugs at an equal rate, and they are a much bigger part of the population. So, why are the prisons full of black and brown kids? It is easier to arrest them. It is easier to convict them. They don't get as good of attorneys. And, frankly, they live in the city in a much more collected fashion than in the suburbs, and so the police are patrolling the city more. But it is unfair. The war on drugs has had a racial outcome, unintentionally, but it has a racial outcome. And I want to try to fix it."
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Rand Paul is aspiring to be a nit wit.
Even my college age sons friends are “so over” Rand Paul.
They all thought he was awesome a few months ago.
They control the market. Small wonder they are arrested more.
They control the market. Small wonder they are arrested more.
And, frankly, they live in the city in a much more collected fashion than in the suburbs, and so the police are patrolling the city more. But it is unfair.
Where they live is their choice. Life isn’t fair. You use drugs and are stupid enough to do it in a area the police are patrolling then that makes you the idiot.
So glad Paul is outing himself now and not after a presidential primary win.
this ass is supposed to be highly educated ? did he skip all his English classes or possibly didn't take any ?
rand paul wants to be president ? president of what ?
sellers are often well armed
What party is Rand Paul again? He sounds a lot like Jerry Brown these days.
Rand Paul is NOTHING more than an ambitious FOOL!
Politics. He's working on getting minority votes.
“So, why are the prisons full of black and brown kids?”
Outstanding question! Maybe they are doing other stuff, and the drug charges are on top of them! Rape, murder, theft, every single other crime you can name! Maybe, just maybe, that has something to do with it. Do these people live in the real world? Spend some time in the courthouses and emergency rooms. Hell, just walk around for a little while, though I strongly recommend you go armed. There are no secrets, except the ones you choose to keep from yourself.
Rand Paul is proving him self to be a lesser person than many thought. He’s a tool.
Martin O Malley (Maryland) gave felons back the vote, Rand, and they vote Dem.
DUHHH!
Not impressed with it coming from you.
The percentages will begin to even out given the current trends. It's not a racial thing, it's a rate of social decay thing.
then there's hope yet...
Drug dealing - non-violent drug use
Drug using - non-violent drug use
Doesn’t take a mental giant to know which one is going to get prison time. Rand is lacking.
Rand Paul needs to STFU, everyday and everyday he sounds like a lib...toast
bump
What he “has” is just rewarmed codswallop from his KOOK of a father! That didn’t ‘help”his KOOK of a father any and it SHALL doom Rand !
Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race, Race
Is there any topic or social ill at all that doesn’t end up being a lecture on either racism or white privlege?
Is there any reasonable person who isn’t far past the point of taking discussions about racism seriously?
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