It's so damn gross.
Joe Biden is the modern architect of mass incarceration.
🚨I need you to see this. 🚨
1. Listen as he literally calls it "The Biden Crime Bill."
2. Then listen as he brags about giving the death penalty to (Black) people for everything but jaywalking. pic.twitter.com/oVZa3n10zl
— Shaun King (@shaunking) March 6, 2020
Clearly, America’s climate is different than it was in the 1990s. As such, Biden has attempted to distance himself from his enablement of African-Americans’ mass incarceration. Via a statement from his presidential campaign, Biden professed that he has worked to “defeat systemic racism.”
The 2020 Democrat also now claims that “too many people of color are in jail.”
Thus far, Biden has declined to directly address his past work with Clinton on policies that disproportionately impacted black Americans.
Criminal Justice Reform Under President Trump
Since Trump’s time in office, he has taken immense steps towards criminal justice reform. In 2018, the president signed the First Step Act into law. This particular piece of legislation brings reformation to the American prison system and works to combat recidivism.
Crystal case was highlighted in the First Step Act which banned the degrading and inhumane treatment of shackling female prisoners during childbirth.
— Kim Kardashian West (@KimKardashian) March 4, 2020
Under the First Step Act, non-violent offenders are given the shot to reintegrate into society. Unlike the legislation that Biden supported in the 90s, Trump’s First Step Act also provides opportunities for early prison releases and the reduction of future prison sentences.
