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Dept. Of Better Late Than Never?
Put this in your nose/crack pipe, GQP --
"Jim Pasco (NFOP dir) supported Garland’s directive. Though the group has opposed eliminating the sentencing disparity in the past Pasco said the union’s views have evolved 'as there’s been more clarity around the science.' Pasco said Biden admin. has supported police with additional resources to fight a rise in violent crime, and the union does not believe the policy changes on cocaine sentencing will adversely affect the efforts of law enforcement."
@InUnfunky Ayup. Sure was. And it only took 2.2 million incarcerated to figure out something might be a little hinky (apart from too many for-profit prisons).
Bingo.
"Critics of the longtime policy have said it is a relic of Washington’s misguided war-on-drugs era that targeted Black and Brown communities, resulted in overpopulated prisons and strained federal and local resources at the expense of more effective strategies."