On the recordJune 16, 2021
You want to know what this is really about. The Nixon campaign in 1968 and the Nixon White House after that had two enemies: The anti-war left and Black people.
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congress.govSteve Cohen: “You want to know what this is really about. The Nixon campaign in 1968 and the Nixon White House after that had two…”
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Cohen discusses Nixon's strategy to criminalize drugs to target specific communities.
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