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On the recordMarch 12, 2019
I do not think people really fully understand the volume of African American people who are locked up for offenses like dealing with marijuana and things of that nature, nonviolent.
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Elijah Cummings
Democratic · Maryland

Editor's note · Context

Cummings highlights the disparity in incarceration rates for nonviolent offenses among African Americans.

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