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crime bill. biden says that that did not generate mass incarceration. harris disagrees. who s right? oh, it absolutely that crime bill was one of the foundations of mass incar rat n incarceration in a very painful era in our nation s history. the vice president and everyone else has to be accountable for every vote they take and what s on their record. that was a huge mistake. we have a mass incarceration crisis in our city. in our city we ve reduced the jail population about 20% already. we re going to close the infamo infamous rite gers island. federal policies including that crime bill were a big part of why untold thousands of people and families had their lives entirely disrupted and in many ways destroyed because folks who had done very little were sent
the idea that we already have a mass incarceration crisis in this country. we don t need to be locking up nonviolent drug offenders for carrying small amounts of marijuana. but do we want to legalize it? to me it s akin to we don t want to put people in jail for running a red light but we do want to put them in jail for duis. so it s about how much you re growing it, what type of institutions you re funding. for instance organized crime with that type of drug activity versus somebody on the street who gets stopped and frisked with five grams, ten grams. one mother told me with all the legalization she s having a hard time how to talk to their kids. it s to keep it away from kids. you think that makes it harder for kids to get it? yes. right now it s very easy. i have two teenage kids. it puts them in touch with criminal elements in the way they don t have to be. it should be regulated just like
poll is it fair to declare it s this weed s moment. back with me best-selling author letters to an incarcerated brother is out this month. good to have you here. great to be here. do you think a tipping point has been reached in all this? i wouldn t say a tipping point. to me i m interested in the idea of decriminalization of marijuana than legalization per se. the idea that we already have a mass incarceration crisis in this country. we don t need to be locking up nonviolent drug offenders for carrying small amounts of marijuana. but do we want to legalize it? to me it s akin to we don t want to put people in jail for running a red light but we do want to put them in jail for duis. so it s about how much you re growing it, what type of institutions you re funding. for instance organized crime with that type of drug activity versus somebody on the street who gets stopped and frisked