Who is paying that price, Mr. Chairman? It is the black community itself.
Eleanor Holmes Norton: “Who is paying that price, Mr. Chairman? It is the black community itself.”
On the recordMay 8, 2014
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Norton highlights the negative impact of marijuana arrests on the black community.
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