Democratic Primaries

Blue_true

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21. I saw the news from my safe Surburban neighborhood.

Fri Jul 26, 2019, 08:56 PM

Jul 2019

Kids sitting on the stoop at their homes or walking to school shot and killed by stray bullets from some drug dealer rivalry. People putting thick plywood over their windows to slow a bullet if one came. Drive by shootings where shooters blasted bullets everywhere, if you were an innocent caught in it, good luck to you. A few truly violent people holding entire neighborhoods hostage.

That was the environment that people that crafted the crime bill lived in. Was there some cowardice, yes, republicans were projected to take the House in the upcoming election and democrats wanted to look tough on crime, hence the three strikes nonsense. But overall the bill addressed some very real problems.

If I were to vote in a presidential
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden

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Eddie Bernice Johnson's courageous stand for '94 crime bill shows she's wiser than her progressive [View all] TexasTowelie Jul 2019 OP

The More You Know 🌈 oasis Jul 2019 #1

I saw the news from my safe Surburban neighborhood. Blue_true Jul 2019 #21

A plea for a remedy produced an imperfect bill. Certainly nothing oasis Jul 2019 #22

I think people who weren't alive during the 90s crime wave may not grasp Recursion Jul 2019 #2

And I doubt if more than a few people on DU BlueWI Jul 2019 #23

Then could the bill have had that effect? treestar Jul 2019 #37

Well, if you pass a bill in 1994 the impact is at least a year out. BlueWI Jul 2019 #38

I need more time for my research treestar Jul 2019 #39

Yes, the cable channels starting all those crime shows too treestar Jul 2019 #36

I'm so grateful to Cha Jul 2019 #3

Nope. OneBro Jul 2019 #4

No it wasn't "Cowardly".. that's a gratuitous Cha Jul 2019 #5

You don't have to agree with my summary. OneBro Jul 2019 #6

I'm just saying.. you lose by Cha Jul 2019 #7

Fair enough. OneBro Jul 2019 #8

As someone who has lived in a high crime area for most of my life... Kahuna7 Jul 2019 #17

+1 oasis Jul 2019 #19

Have you no sympathy for DUI victims? OneBro Jul 2019 #25

Reading is fundamental... Kahuna7 Jul 2019 #27

So is logic. OneBro Jul 2019 #28

Which you have none of. Go peddle your hyperbole somewhere else... Kahuna7 Jul 2019 #29

read the article - the bill had good in it too treestar Jul 2019 #35

Here's what Bernie Sanders said about the bill he voted for: betsuni Jul 2019 #9

Here's something else BS said at the time.. Cha Jul 2019 #10

"Bernie Sanders' strong record of supporting tough on crime legislation." betsuni Jul 2019 #14

So predictable NYMinute Jul 2019 #11

Which? OneBro Jul 2019 #26

Opposition to the crime bill's history is predictable NYMinute Jul 2019 #31

Ah. I doubt that they'll get any traction. OneBro Jul 2019 #40

K and R oasis Jul 2019 #12

she's embarassingly wrong bigtree Jul 2019 #13

I hope not! loyalsister Jul 2019 #16

I trust what Congresswoman Cha Jul 2019 #15

The rising intensity of crime in the inner cities had to be dealt with. oasis Jul 2019 #18

Rep Eddie Bernice Johnson is easy Cha Jul 2019 #20

K&R highplainsdem Jul 2019 #24

yikes. Doubling down on being wrong Kurt V. Jul 2019 #30

People can disagree about the 1994 Crime Bill, but to do it again... aikoaiko Jul 2019 #32

Eddie Bernice Johnson is an amazing woman and is well respected in the Texas Democratic Party Gothmog Jul 2019 #33

There was a lot more to that bill than meets the eye treestar Jul 2019 #34