The 1994 crime bill.

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

If you didn’t grow up in that era you can’t speak on it or have fake outrage.

the late 80’s early 90’s was on some other shyt. Movies like New Jack City and Scarface was real life. What’s going on in Chicago was going on in a lot of other cities, but way worse.

And at the time it passed, there wasn’t much outrage. It didn’t matter and honestly, it was too little, too late anyway.

The CIA brought drugs into the community, and we took that shyt and ran with it too the fullest. It is what it is. And I don’t even like Biden, but the outrage over this bill is . Especially people born after it passed. Hell, you can google news stories and YouTube videos about how bad it was back then.


The Regan Administration are the ones that fukked up our communities even more. He was the one that declared “war on drugs”. When cocaine was popping in the 70’s and early to mid 80’s you wasn’t hearing no war on drugs. But once crack came and black people starting making money, that’s when it became a problem because the definitely didn’t care about the murders.

 

[OfTheCross]

If you didn’t grow up in that era you can’t speak on it or have fake outrage.

the late 80’s early 90’s was on some other shyt. Movies like New Jack City and Scarface was real life. What’s going on in Chicago was going on in a lot of other cities, but way worse.

And at the time it passed, there wasn’t much outrage. It didn’t matter and honestly, it was too little, too late anyway.

The CIA brought drugs into the community, and we took that shyt and ran with it too the fullest. It is what it is. And I don’t even like Biden, but the outrage over this bill is . Especially people born after it passed. Hell, you can google news stories and YouTube videos about how bad it was back then.


The Regan Administration are the ones that fukked up our communities even more. He was the one that declared “war on drugs”. When cocaine was popping in the 70’s and early to mid 80’s you wasn’t hearing no war on drugs. But once crack came and black people starting making money, that’s when it became a problem because the definitely didn’t care about the murders.

I was a jit in 94..but yeah...outside was rough as fukk. In FL we had 10-20-Life laws shortly after this too. nikkas were getting life for minor shyt. If you caught a felony for shoplifitng or stealing a car, whatever the next thing you did was a life sentence.

Recently I learned the the Congressional Black Caucus played a big role in creating this bill and it washed away any last bit of fake outrage I could muster up.

It really was just the times.

 

[hashmander]

I was a jit in 94..but yeah...outside was rough as fukk. In FL we had 10-20-Life laws shortly after this too. nikkas were getting life for minor shyt. If you caught a felony for shoplifitng or stealing a car, whatever the next thing you did was a life sentence.

Recently I learned the the Congressional Black Caucus played a big role in creating this bill and it washed away any last bit of fake outrage I could muster up.

It really was just the times.

that and the sentencing disparity between crack and powdered cocaine. the same people that say voting doesn't matter like to bring up the CBC, but they were responding to their constituents who had complaints for days and wanted action. it was shortsighted all around.

 

[Ethnic Vagina Finder]

I was a jit in 94..but yeah...outside was rough as fukk. In FL we had 10-20-Life laws shortly after this too. nikkas were getting life for minor shyt. If you caught a felony for shoplifitng or stealing a car, whatever the next thing you did was a life sentence.

Recently I learned the the Congressional Black Caucus played a big role in creating this bill and it washed away any last bit of fake outrage I could muster up.

It really was just the times.

CBC, black churches, black community leaders all co-signed it. They wanted change. And I don’t blame them at the time shyt was going on.

on a side note. I think Jordan’s blew up in part because the brand was birthed in and blossomed in the crack era. Especially in the streets.

 

[AZBeauty]

I grew up in Chicago. I'm legit suprised I'm not dead. Me and my husband talk about it all the time. We've seen so much death and violence over gangs and drug turf. Its enough to last me a lifetime. shyt was wild wild west.

 

[RAX 010]

Foh wit this bull sh!t

 

[CrushedGroove]

I spoke with my great uncle about this and he reminded me about the community meetings he would take me to in the early 90's. The older heads were tired of the crime plaguing the area and was happy they had ramped up the police presence initially but he has reservations about it now looking back at how many of my friends and some of the cats older than me spent so much time locked up (including his son and grandson), but at the same time feel like it saved some lives.

Hindsight is 20/20

 

[Tony D'Amato]

It is a lot of black fingerprints on that bill. Ppl was shook in they hoods.

 

[Yapdatfool]

I'm just here to echo the same feelings everyone else has. By and large black people WANTED this bill to be this heavy-handed knowing full well how biased the justice system was/is cause the streets were just THAT BAD.

However, I don't think anyone realized the long term affects of locking up that many black people that long was going to do, and may not have even cared.

 

[get these nets]

on a side note. I think Jordan’s blew up in part because the brand was birthed in and blossomed in the crack era. Especially in the streets.

Admiral wasn't with that

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

I'm just here to echo the same feelings everyone else has. By and large black people WANTED this bill to be this heavy-handed knowing full well how biased the justice system was/is cause the streets were just THAT BAD.

However, I don't think anyone realized the long term affects of locking up that many black people that long was going to do, and may not have even cared.

I think it’s weird we want it both ways
And I don’t think we should be have it both ways

cry foul about systemic racism and then say yeah, the crime bill was fukked up but shyt was bad back then

 

[Yapdatfool]

I think it’s weird we want it both ways
And I don’t we should be have it both ways

cry foul about systemic racism and then say yeah, the crime bill was fukked up but shyt was bad back then

But it wasn't us (assuming you in the 18-40 age range) making those choices but our parents and grandparents.
There was a HUGE generational gap that played a role in black people backing crime bills like 3 strikes and shyt.

 

[Tommy Knocks]

I remember the cops coming to our class in 4th grade passing out D.A.R.E shirts and buttons having a 2 hour long discussion about drugs.
nikka im like 8 I dont know what drugs are. nice try.
but I do know they fukked up my neighbor Terrell, and many of us saw how they functioned in our community. so while they talked and passed out buttons we just looked at them like

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

I'm surprised people really care that much to be honest. I'm all for criminal justice reform that shortens sentences, but pretending there wasn't an issue is an insult.

 

[hashmander]

But it wasn't us (assuming you in the 18-40 age range) making those choices but our parents and grandparents.
There was a HUGE generational gap that played a role in black people backing crime bills like 3 strikes and shyt.

shyt i would say it's the grandparents because the folks our parents age were the ones causing the problems in the 80s and 90s. the old church ladies had the ear of their local elected politicians.