Today, the ripples are still felt on all sociological levels; 30 percent of African-American males under thirty are currently incarcerated or on probation or parole. Note the 30% rate is higher than any seen by a group in modern history by 30 times. Along the way, crack also helped to enrich law-enforcement agencies and private security contractors and to elect politicians; being tough on crime became a necessary platform plank, a mind-set that would later dovetail into post-9/11 issues of domestic security. In 1986, when homicide rates due to gang warfare across the country had reached all-time highs, mandatory federal sentencing minimums were established, making the penalties for possession of crack by weight a hundred times more punitive than those for possession of powder cocaine. Many say this is one of the reasons for the disparities of race in our prison population. esquire/features/rick-ross-drug-dealer-interview-1013
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