South Carolina push signals broad criminal justice reform
South Carolina lawmakers led by US Senator Tim Scott push for comprehensive criminal justice reform including possible decriminalization of minor drug offenses. They advocate body cameras, better police training, and education focused on reducing mass incarceration, with bipartisan support and ties to national debates and events in Charleston and Baltimore.
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N.J
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Texas
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Kentucky
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Broken policing harms young black men and communities
The column argues zero tolerance and stop and frisk fuel racial disparities and harsher penalties for marijuana. It cites New York data showing biased stops, discusses crime declines amid aggressive policing, and notes drug sentencing gaps. It highlights Freddie Gray, Baltimore, and questions police necessity in the chase and wagon takedown. Eugene Robinson of The Washington Post writes.
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Nix hospitality tax urged in Aiken letters
Two letters criticize a proposed 1 percent hospitality tax and urge the city to cut spending and attract new business. Dora Bush argues residents would bear the tax and private funding should back projects like the Hotel Aiken garage. A second letter promotes the National Day of Prayer on May 7 with local event details.
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