Dem Leaders Kept Pot Out of Policing Reform, In Spite of Prison Injustices
As Congress debated historic policing reform over the past few weeks, Rep. Lou Correa (D-Calif.) says Democratic Party leaders “told” him to not offer a marijuana amendment, because it would be a distraction. That lecture from leaders of the Democratic Party came even as African Americans continue to be arrested, prosecuted and incarcerated at higher rates than their white counterparts.
Policing Reform Stalls in Senate; Leaving Cannabis Reform in Doubt
Senate Democrats Wednesday derailed a GOP policing reform measure, which was likely the best chance for cannabis reform to be debated – let alone potentially become law – in the waning months of the 116th Congress.
The Push to End the ‘War on Drugs’ while Reforming Police
Tensions are still running high in the nation’s capital. The obviously frayed nerves are no longer due to federal officers beating, pepper-spraying and shooting rubber bullets at peaceful BLM protestors camped outside the White House. This week, the drama’s down the street at the U.S. Capitol where lawmakers are at each other’s throats as they debate policing reforms.
The ‘War on Drugs’ Hovers Over some BLM Protests
WASHINGTON – Two weekends ago, just across from a freshly fortified White House, the sun was initially setting behind the overtly symmetrical office buildings that house the likes of the Motion Picture Association of America and U.S. Chamber of Commerce you could...
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