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Laelth

(32,017 posts)
Mon Aug 24, 2020, 09:36 PM Aug 2020

"President Trump ended the policy of Black incarceration."

- Rep. Vernon Jones (GA House of Representatives)

I am pretty sure I heard that.

Black people are not going to be incarcerated any longer? Huh? What is this lunatic talking about?



-Laelth

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"President Trump ended the policy of Black incarceration." (Original Post) Laelth Aug 2020 OP
Yeah they're getting killed instead. unblock Aug 2020 #1
That was going to be my answer...sigh. sheshe2 Aug 2020 #4
He's talking of of his ass. Jack-o-Lantern Aug 2020 #2
He's right; if the cops shoot them down first then procon Aug 2020 #3

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