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Bonus: The Criminal Justice Legacy of George H.W. Bush

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:10:43
Publish Date: 2019-01-12 10:39:15
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Following his death last month former president George H.W. Bush was eulogized as a moderate who carried himself with dignity and grace, recalling a kinder and gentler era in American politics.

But Bush's record on criminal justice tells another story. From the Willie Horton ad to the Oval Office speech in which he dangled a bag of crack before the camera, Bush weaponized tough-on-crime rhetoric laden with racial dogwhistles, pushing drug-war policies that led to mass incarceration and worse.

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