Trump's First Step Proposal: One Step Forward, Ten Years Back.

If all this talk of criminal justice reform and too many black people in prison sounds familiar, it should. That's not just because Hillary and Bernie could not stop talking about white racism and black victimization during the last presidential primary, nor just because many Republican candidates such as Rand Paul and Marco Rubio and Chris Christie joined the chorus. And it's not just because it is now part of the script for reporters, black activists, and liberal enablers around the country. Trump's proposal called "First Step" sounds familiar because the same drama has been playing out in schools for the last ten years: too many black students suspended.  Too many expelled.  Too much white racism the cause.  So let's fix that by ceasing enforcement of rules for black students. For black schools, it was a disaster.  Now Trump's First Step legislation is intended to do the same thing...(Read Full Article)