Joy Ann Reid Defends 1994 Crime Bill: The Crack Epidemic Was Tearing Through Black Communities

RUSH EXCERPT:

REID: “The context was the crack epidemic was tearing through black communities, and black pastors were demanding a bill. He put that bill together that also included an assault weapons ban. It also included the violence against women act. Let’s just remember the context back in that era, I remember being in New York and there was a lot of crime perpetrated within the black community, which is why Joe Biden ended up doing that bill.”