Biden says 1994 crime bill was a 'mistake' during ABC town hall

[TomCADem]

Source: The Hill

Former Vice President Joe Biden acknowledged on Thursday that his support for a 1994 crime bill that is widely blamed for increasing mass incarceration of people of color was a mistake, but defended some aspects of the measure.

Asked during a televised town hall in Philadelphia whether supporting the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act was a mistake, Biden said that “yes, it was.”

But Biden also said that the worst effects of the crime bill came as a result of decisions made on the part of individual states after its passage.

“The mistake came in terms of what the states did locally. What we did federally – you remember George, it was all about the same time for the same crime,” Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/521326-biden-says-1994-crime-bill-was-a-mistake-during-abc-town-hall

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If this was Trump, he would just redirect, deny, call the question nasty, and then say that black people are doing great under him.

[RandySF]

1. As usual, the story does not match their headline.

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[elleng]

2. Right, thanks.

[DarthDem]

4. Does not match, you mean, right Randy?

The Hill does that constantly.

[RandySF]

3. This is no slam on you for posting.

But the NYT has a nasty habit of posting headlines that don't match the story.