. we have to ask ourselves when was the last time we talked about race with somebody of another race? if the answer is never, we re part of the problem. this is like a bomb we re sitting on a bomb. you can have a black person killed with a video this is what you ll get this is a revolution. we want peace. should people be frightened wake up it s 1991, wake up. we talked at each other and about each other a long time it s high time we all began talking with each other. no justice, no peace can we all get along? . . . . . about 20ments from now, david dingic kins now mayor is scheduled to step out from city hall and take public oath of office and become new york city s 106th mayor and the first african-american mayor. i intend to be all of new york. new year s day in 1990 is a start to the decade, and culmination of some civil rights struggles of 1960 s people are starting to see tangible expert the grandson of slaves did you ever see a black
their zest to governor that we can stop this was an overreach. the bill, the penalties for powdered cocaine and crack were different. . powdered cocaine, a drug of choice among mostly middle and upper class abusers. crack cocaine, a cheaper faster high for mostly poor users. clinically the drugs are virtually identical but not in federal court, an arrest for five grams of crack brings a mandatory five years in federal prison. but you get just the same five years sentence for 500 grams of powdered cocaine. the law was designed to help clean up crack infested communities, but instead, become another wedge between blacks and whites. all these absurd laws putting people in prison for lengthy terms and we all the imbalances who get incarcerated for long
president trump and others have moves towards putting out a final report on its findings as soon as early next week. it would be a dramatic conclusion to an investigation that has given the public a detailed look at just how far of figures inside and outside of government where willing to go to overturn the results of a free and fair election. and could potentially lead to a series of difficult decisions for attorney general merrick garland on the eve of another presidential election cycle. also this week, the department of justice to landmark action to and one of the most racist tactics of the war on drugs, and in decades of harsher sentencing guidelines for crack compared to powdered cocaine. and my capacity as head of the national action network,