Dropping the Rockefeller Drug Laws
March 5th, 2010 | by admin |
Part one: The Rockefeller Drug Laws have put scores of mostly black and Latino men behind bars on non-violent drug charges. On the books since the 70s, they became the model for drug laws all around the country, pushing the U.S. prison population from a couple hundred thousand to over 2 million. This film follows the activists from the Drop the Rock Coalition up to Albany, as they fight to repeal these racist and unjust laws.
Duration : 0:9:26
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5 Responses to “Dropping the Rockefeller Drug Laws”
By fatguy4491 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
The only reason it …
The only reason it should be legal is to take power away from the drug dealers and sell it safely in stores. I will never touch crack its stupid but I know that if there were no laws against drugs and the public was more educated on the actual effects there would be less people using them and no violent crimes relating to it. Still even if it is trash (which it is) its still not the governments job to tell us what personal habits we should have No one should be locked up for mistakes.
By naughtifairi on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
tthis america as …
tthis america as long as no one is hurting you who cares. prisons are mostly about money. i am sure none of us are pure and we all have our vices. get off the ego trip. a law like this is insane.
By superspazz61 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
how can you make …
how can you make that claim at 5:46 u need facts to say stuff like that
By rbx937385 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
Paterson was a Coke …
Paterson was a Coke Head too! Maybe still is! Stop these Criminals from coming out of Jail. They will commit more crimes then ever in NYC.
By Newine09 on Mar 5, 2010 | Reply
Why would you have …
Why would you have 2 ounces of crack anyway? posessing that trash should never be legal