U.S. attorney general moves to end sentencing disparities on crack, powder cocaine

Garland’s memo cited Justice Department testimony last year to the Senate Judiciary Committee that such a disparity “is simply not supported by science, as there are no significant pharmacological differences between the drugs: they are two forms of the same drug, with powder readily convertible into crack cocaine.”

“There’s no justification for this, and we should end this,” Garland said at the time. He also said that powder cocaine “is as dangerous with respect to crime rates as crack cocaine, both of which have now been unfortunately overtaken by fentanyl and the opioids. But both of those are bad problems [and] equalizing penalties for crack and powder should have no difference with respect to our ability to fight violent crime.

So you could take these statistics back a little further and ask how did these people of color get into the system 2 begin with ? What are the statistics of racial profiling in traffic stops ? Traffic stops used as a pretext 2 look into the car w/out your permission 2search.

Now ELON your tweet about buying Coca-Cola & replacing it with real cocaine may have a runner up to the most views re-tweets and replies!

Wow

Do low income blacks even do crack anymore Asking for a hood rat 🐀

That'll help ruin the inner cities even more!

When is Hunter going to jail?

So Hunter Biden is safe

pewpew racist ithink

Colonel Sanders will be impeached

Why hasn't America paid reparations to black Americans for chattel slavery? I'll wait.. 😐

The quicker we can get this Administration out of the White House the better off America's going to be 2024 can't get here quick enough.

A distinction that the left made

Glad to see he’s taking a break from persecuting republicans

How about stopping fentanyl at the border? 120k dead. No one seems to care

So happy to hear

LFG!!!

That is so weird how the original bill, authored by Joe Biden, had those different standards. I wonder why?

Wow!!! 👏👏👏

Atop criminalizing drug users

Someones on Crack...

How about moving swiftly on the death penalty for distributors? Once convicted they need to know death is imminent within the year of sentencing. It's time for us to clean house. No more euphemisms. No more weakness. Every American child deserves safe American streets.

Feels good to see one of those issues from an episode of the west wing finally get fixed.

hunterBiden is a crack head and cocaine Mitch.. well speaks for itself

A.T.A.R., otherwise too slow... Mary Jane gives you boobs, like they say. A.T.A.R., otherwise too slow...

Good plan. We definitely need to get more crack dealers back out on the street. We're running low on homeless junkies commiting crimes to feed their habits while crapping on the sidewalks.

Feds were talking about equating crack with powder cocaine 20 years ago. Better yet just throw out the SentencingGuidelines, as it violates Separation of Powers between Judicial & Legislative. The Guidelines are so detailed they remove all discretion of the Judge !

Awe, they're trying to save Hunter.

I mean, don't be in such a hurry to end the disparities - is crack even a thing today or relates to incarcerated atm - free?

Is any mention of the Joe Biden crime bill of 1993?

It's unfortunate that leaders in the black community asked foe those sentencing guidelines to begin with

ABOUT DAMN TIME!!! Thank you, Merrick Garland. Then the United States government can finally start to make amends for some of the death and destruction wreaked upon the Black community thanks to the ultimate Satan, Ronald Reagan, who began these evil, white supremacist policies.

Biggest drug trafficker in US History.

Then they should change the prison sentences based on the new sentencing policies.

This article is racist as hell wow

Foxing more of bidens created problems on our country and no one sees it

So maybe people of color should stop selling crack? I mean with all of the millions of jobs that Biden/Harris have 'created' why are they still selling drugs. Go get yourself one of those union jobs. They pay really well.

That seems fair and just.

A memo to the nation’s U.S. attorneys directs prosecutors to charge “pertinent statutory quantities that apply to powder cocaine” when pursuing crack cases and to “advocate for a sentence consistent with powder cocaine rather than crack cocaine.”

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