Blagojevich: Trump’s Putting an End to the Racist Injustice Caused by ‘Racist 1994 Crime Bill’

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BLAGOJEVICH: “Alice Marie Johnson's case is probably one of the better illustrations that shows how the federal criminal justice system disproportionally discriminates against African-Americans and people of color, and how the 1994 crime bill has led to the over-sentencing and to the creation of what the author Michelle Alexander has called 'the new Jim Crow in America.' Y'all know what I’m talking about. 1994 crime bill passed by my fellow Democrats before I got to Congress. Fortunately, as soon as President Trump learned of the injustice against Alice Marie, he immediately put a stop to it and sent her home to her family. And fortunately, because this is a president who gets things done, through his leadership and with the help of organizations like Cut50, President Trump was able to build the necessary bipartisan support to pass the historic First Step Act, a new law that begins the process of reforming a broken criminal justice system and putting an end to the racist injustice caused by that racist 1994 crime bill."