John Rosemberg Podcast

Joe Biden 1994 Crime Bill was not the driving force of mass incarceration in the black community. However it was used as tool for funding the private company to build more prisons. US Bureau Of Justice Statistic. The Black incarceration rate rose from about 1,200 per 100,000 in 1985 to about 2,450 per 100,000 in 2000. The rate for black men in 2000 was 3,457 per 100,000 . The white incarceration rate. Declined a bit between 1995 and 2000 falling from 319-281 per 100,000. Biden co-sponsored that 1981 Bill which among many others changes , imposed mandatory minimums sentences. Biden also Co-sponsored 1986 legislation that treated crack cocaine selling 5grams of crack trigged the same penalty as 500 grams of powder cocaine. The sentencing Commission reported that black account for 88.3% federal crack cocaine distribution convictions in 1993. Those Two crime Bills have destroyed the black community by giving harsh sentencing to black men. Now you tell me does Joe Biden have the black community best interest at he