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Bill was right in what he said. But he knows there is no point arguing with these people. It makes more sense to Hillary and her campaign just to shine them now and then blow them off like usual the day after the election. Hence the "apology".
As the Queen of England, I question your definition of yourself.
We should keep on putting people in prison for pot possession?
Nice try.
People don't actually go to prison right away for possession of pot. It just happens that I used to be a cop in my previous career. People who were arrested for possession were processed the released after they've posted bond. It's actually more similar to a DUI arrest than most people realize.
And like DUI arrest, being arrested for possession many times can land you in prison.
Yes, I identify myself as a liberal. I also live in reality. The system is extraordinarily easy on first time offenders.
Here is an example. After I left the state police (yes, I was a state trooper), I stayed in contact with some of the guys I worked with. I moved on to becoming an engineer while some of them moved on to becoming special agents and detectives. Last time we got together for a drink, they told me about a case from 2 years ago. There was a guy that figured out how to cheat best buy out of $20,000. Wasn't just 1 store. It was like 50+ stores over 3 months or so. They arrested him. Even though it was dozens of stores over months, it was still considered a first time offense. So, he was given a 2 years probation and had 2 years to pay back the $20k.
All these incarcerations that regressive liberals and the BLM people point out always involve repeat offenders.
I'm going to say something that regressive liberals don't want to hear. It's incredibly easy to not get arrested. I've managed to do it in 30 years. My boyfriend has managed to not get arrested for 25 years. My parents have managed to not get arrested for 70+ years.
The BLM people would actually get my support if they would actually police people in their own communities and stop defending gang bangers.
Bill ripped the BLM folks for “defending the people who killed the lives you say matter” and challenged them to “tell the truth.”
“Because of that bill,” he noted, “we have a 25-year low in crime, a 33-year low in murder rate . . . Whose lives were saved that mattered?”
Yet many on the left don’t like to hear the truth. Indeed, the Democratic Party has shifted so far that those policies are now deemed racist — and Bill’s remarks wound up infuriating some of the very voters Hillary needs to fend off Bernie Sanders.
So quick as a wink, Bill apologized.
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It's a shame that a former President and someone that has a good potential to be the next President (Hillary) can't stand up to this group. A group who has proven to harass and attack people and has a cofounder tweeting about Praying to Allah that she doesn't kill men and white people..
People don't actually go to prison right away for possession of pot. It just happens that I used to be a cop in my previous career. People who were arrested for possession were processed the released after they've posted bond. It's actually more similar to a DUI arrest than most people realize.
And like DUI arrest, being arrested for possession many times can land you in prison.
Yes, I identify myself as a liberal. I also live in reality. The system is extraordinarily easy on first time offenders.
Here is an example. After I left the state police (yes, I was a state trooper), I stayed in contact with some of the guys I worked with. I moved on to becoming an engineer while some of them moved on to becoming special agents and detectives. Last time we got together for a drink, they told me about a case from 2 years ago. There was a guy that figured out how to cheat best buy out of $20,000. Wasn't just 1 store. It was like 50+ stores over 3 months or so. They arrested him. Even though it was dozens of stores over months, it was still considered a first time offense. So, he was given a 2 years probation and had 2 years to pay back the $20k.
All these incarcerations that regressive liberals and the BLM people point out always involve repeat offenders.
I'm going to say something that regressive liberals don't want to hear. It's incredibly easy to not get arrested. I've managed to do it in 30 years. My boyfriend has managed to not get arrested for 25 years. My parents have managed to not get arrested for 70+ years.
The BLM people would actually get my support if they would actually police people in their own communities and stop defending gang bangers.
True , very good point.
But it's always someone else's fault.
You think BLM would actually do anything productive like that?
It's much more fun to interrupt political rallies
Also all the crack dealing isn't the thug's fault...don't you know it was the CIA that is to blame for the crack epidemic in America's ghettos?
Just like how the Republican Party is being hijacked or has already been hijacked by the religious nuts and the tea party, the Democratic Party is in danger of being hijacked by the regressive liberals.
I for one will not go along with the regressive liberal fantasyland that blames everyone else for the high incarceration and recidivism rates that plague the black community.
So....what are we supposed to do with criminals? ...NOT lock them up and just continue to let them do what they are doing...just have an attitude of ..."Oh no Biggie...don't worry about it Mr. Gangbanger , Mr.Robber , Mr. Drug Dealer ...just carry on with your day" ??
Sorry, I think being weak on crime is a horrible , horrible idea.
Speaking as a hardcore liberal, I'm so sick of the BLM people. Simple solution to the high incarceration rates with black men... Stop committing crimes.
You deserve a rep. I've been afraid to say this.
Once I wrote that a Black friend agreed with me and the response from another C-D member was that I probably don't have any Black friends, since I'm White. It's often difficult to have an honest discussion about race without being called a racist.
How many people are currently in a Federal prison for pot possession? In fact, there are very few in state prisons for possession of marijuana.
By "possession of marijuana" , the reality is probably not that it was a joint or a small personal amount..but rather a huge illegal grow room...oh and there were also some illegal firearms as well..did we mention all the stolen stuff that was found too?...
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