After...‘Law and Order,’ Trump Touts Weaker Penalties for Drug Traffickers [Truncated title.]

Breitbart News ^ | November 15, 2018 | John Binder

[familyop]

On Wednesday, Trump reversed course on his “Law and order” platform, announcing that he would support the First Step Act, which is set to reduce sentences for drug traffickers and immediately release 4,000 convicted criminals. Just this year, in March, Trump told supporters in New Hampshire that in the midst of the opioid crisis — where drug traffickers have flooded American communities with fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin — the U.S. needed to review giving the death penalty to drug traffickers.

[familyop]

Full title: "After Suggesting 2018 Election About ‘Law and Order,’ Trump Touts Weaker Penalties for Drug Traffickers"

I don't know what's behind this--fake news, a reversal of position or some kind of compromise. Maybe we'll find out eventually.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Think it through: It’s the black vote. He’s a genius.

[heights]

Take the Money out of Drugs, and Drugs Disappear.....

[Hugin]

The article really makes no attempt to shine light on the whole bill, or the intent here. What “traffickers” are they talking about? Addicts who sell to support their habit or cartels? I’ll wait until I hear what Trump has to say. I trust his judgement.

[reed13k]

There will always be a percentage of society that attempts to escape. The key is to make provide less reason for an escape. This means opening opportunities. In history escapism has grown most often when opportunities have been tamped down to prevent a challenge to the status quo.

I sense revolution on the horizon - peaceful or violent is yet to be determined.

[mindburglar]

Give me a break. The law has been so idiotically defined that someone with a few ounces of pot gets charged with intent to distribute...

[seacapn]

I predict that this will increase the GOP share of the black vote by close to 0%, while increasing crime more than 0%. A bad deal.

[gaijin]

“I’m going to be much more lenient to drug dealers..”

I wonder what *Candice Owens* would say to that..?

She’d be insulted and outraged, I think.

This change will surely please the leftists who regard themselves as “The Black Leadership”, but will it turn average blacks into GOP voters..?

Not in 100 years.

Turning them red is a FOOL’S ERRAND.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Van Jones Says Donald Trump Is On His Way To Being The ‘Uniter-in-Chief’
https://www.essence.com/news/van-jones-donald-trump-uniter-in-chief/

[free_life]

Drug traffickers ... bull, most are small time dealers with criminal records who nobody will hire. No more paying to lock up non violent druggies and dummies. Go after the cartels and money players.

[antidisestablishment]

Here is the text of the FIRST STEP ACT.

There is a list of ineligible crimes, ranging from sexual assault to murder. This bill institutes early release based on earning days off for "anti-recidivism" training; however, in my experience (with juvenile offenders), I saw little benefit from such programs.

The fact that the bill states that they will prioritize high-risk prisoners means those with the best chances of reintegration will be at the bottom of the list and those who are released will more likely re-offend.

[gaijin]

"When you talk about drug dealers, you are absolutely talking about BLACK PEOPLE"

I find it interesting that the people making that case are LIBERALS.

It's sort of amazing, actually. It's really instructive.

[Ron H.]

Going softer on crime is a losing proposition. Looking at and possibly tweaking the current drub abusers/user sentencing guideline may be in order some perhaps but do not put the drug users/abusers who rob, steal and kill to support their nasty drug habits back on the streets sooner is not a good idea at all.

Those of us who have been victimized by those who break into our homes and steal from us and rob and kill us to support their destructive drug habits will not vote for anyone putting these drug abusing thugs back on the street too soon to just keep on stealing from us and keep victimizing us even more even if your name is Donald Trump. Enough is enough already. As much as I like Trump if he makes it easier for drug user/abusers to keep robbing us I will be off him in a flash.

[Ron H.]

I find it interesting that the people making that case are LIBERALS.

Same kind of argument they like to employ against those who don't agree with them, "if you don't agree with me then you're just being a racist".

[Catsrus]

From what I understand, this is Ivanka’s brain child. She is a liberal and has no business pushing programs on the restof the U.S.

[momincombatboots]

A drug dealer shot my 20 year old daughter.. yes, lets release them. More crminals on the streets, but its not your dearest family, right.. so its genius.

[familyop]

"Think it through: It’s the black vote. He’s a genius."

Yes. I lived in an inner city black community for a couple of years a long time ago to be close to work. Like most other inner city demographic groups, yes, most voters there tended to vote Democrat but not all. The range of perceptions and positions about politics was the same as any other place. What you imply is possible.

But it might be even more about the white vote. Those of us who've lived in areas with many lower income whites or worked with many of them can see the same possibility. I've seen neighborhoods with large portions of white families who had close relatives in prisons after drug convictions. Consider the rates of marijuana, meth, opioid and other drug abuse in majority white areas.

There were over 72,000 dead last year from drug overdoses in the U.S. More white people are addicts and pushers, because there are far more white people in our country.

[familyop]

I’m very skeptical about the article, by the way, and will keep an eye out for anything to the contrary.

[familyop]

"I’ll wait until I hear what Trump has to say. I trust his judgement."

I think that's the wisest thing to do. I've seen at least one other questionable piece written by Mr. Binder in regards to the President.

[jmacusa]

Indeed. The same is true for illegal immigration.