Do You Think Drug Dealing Laws Are Unfair to Blacks? Obama Does.?
Question by Michelle M: Do you think drug dealing laws are unfair to blacks? Obama does.?
The Obama administration is asking Congress to close the big gap in prison sentences for dealing crack versus powdered cocaine, a law that critics say is unfair to blacks.
Such sentencing reform efforts tend to focus on lowering the mandatory minimum sentences for crack cocaine possession, but in prepared testimony to the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer did not spell out exactly how the administration hopes to make the law more fair.
“The administration believes Congress’ goal should be to completely eliminate the disparity in prison sentences between crack cocaine and powdered cocaine,” Breuer said in written testimony to be delivered Wednesday.
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Answer by bailie28
i think he should close the gap the reason we cant go down to the store now and buy some cold meds is because of drug dealers if they happen to be black so be it, but i know of many white people that sell and do drugs as well…critics need to get over it, perhaps they want to keep us all down…and play affirmative action when it comes to drugs too
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Well the whole drug “war” is a huge failure, in spite of Joe Biden supporting it while his daughter skates on a coke sniffing charge. I say we let these people take charge of their own lives, and if they choose to die by crack cocaine, let them.
If there *is* a large discrepancy in sentencing for different types of cocaine, it probably should be changed.
Yes, of course they are. Possession of powdered cocaine, favored by wealthier whites, usually results in probation. Possession of crack cocaine, favored by poor inner city blacks, almost always results in prison time. It’s the same drug. How do we justify that? One third of American black men spend time in jail. Do you really think it’s because they are more prone to crime?
I think the drug laws should be the same across the board because they’re illegal drugs… not because of the color of the person buying/selling them. Give me a break.
I agree there should not be a disparity between crack punishment and regular cocaine punishment, but I don’t want to see the crack punishment reduced, I want to see the regular cocaine punishment increased.
This complaint has been going on for years, and the solution to equality is equally hard sentences for all drug dealers regardless of their skin color or the type of cocaine they are selling.
If a white gets the same sentence for dealing crack that a black would get, then it is not unfair to blacks. Is it the laws fault that more blacks may be dealing crack than whites? No.
More white males are serial killers than any other gender/race. Is the law unfair to them because of this? No.
Out of all your spewing, I didn’t see one question. What exactly do you want answered?
although i think this move is a bit of political “showmanship”, the discrepancy in sentencing is unfair. i think the “crack” down on crack had a lot to do with how hard and quickly it hit the illegal drug market. people start crying out for action as poor neighborhoods get consumed by the trade, violence increases over turf (market space) and use begins to bleed into middle class youth.
having recently gotten out of jail, i met many people up on crack posession charges (with intent to sell) facing serious time. they were in fact primarily black. i have also seen how whacked-out a hardcore crackhead can become and it is pretty sad. again, those hardcore crackheads seem to be primarily black.
in so far as sale and use of crack is a crime, i think it is essentially a black-on-black crime. i would prefer to see obama use presidential clout to infuse inner city neighborhoods with resources required to combat long neglected housing, education and health care programs. there are plenty of non-profits who are willing to take up this fight if given the resources.
that said, fixing the disparity in posession laws is a good and just step.