A REAL DOJ, Once Again!!

[Mr. Shaman]

"President Barack Obama signed into law a measure to narrow the sentencing disparity between crack cocaine and powder cocaine.

A 1986 law created sentencing rules where it took possession of 100 times more powder cocaine than crack cocaine to trigger a five-to-10 year mandatory minimum sentence, according to Senator Richard Durbin, Democrat of Illinois, chief sponsor of the bill. The ratio is reduced to 18-to-1.

(...But, it had NOTHIN'-to-do with Race. )​

Sentences were based on a belief at the time that crack was more dangerous, more addictive and generated more violence than the powder form. Experts testifying before Congress said that’s wrong, Durbin said.

The 24-year-old law also affected blacks more than whites. While blacks accounted for 30 percent of crack use, they make up 82 percent of the convictions.

“When one looks at the racial implications of the crack- powder disparity, it has bred disrespect for our criminal justice system,” Attorney General Eric Holder told a Senate Judiciary Committee in June 2009."

1986

Whatta great year for Republicans!!!​

January: Costa Rican shrimp company owned by drug dealers gets U.S. State Department contract to deliver aid to Contras.

June: Costa Rican drug dealer linked to Meneses is convicted of drug charges. Evidence includes tapes of discussions with Contra commanders.

August: Congress approves $100 million in aid to the Contras. Also approves new cocaine laws that punish crack offenders more severely than powder dealers.

October: Danilo Blandon's house and business in Rialto are raided.

November: Iran-Contra scandal breaks.

December: Blandon applies for permanent U.S. residency.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PysL5qKu8Zk]YouTube - CIA and Contras Cocaine Trafficking in the United States[/ame]
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[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=junMyaNIzHI&feature=related]YouTube - John Stockwell on CIA Drug Trafficking, Iran-Contra, and Democracy[/ame]​