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Charles M. Blow "Trump's Black College Spectacle" The New York Times Oct. 27, 2019 Charles Blow examines Trump's history with criminal justice reform after he is awarded the Bipartisan Justice Award by the 20/20 Bipartisan Justice Center. The Justice Center is a group of black activists who organized the 2019 Second Step Presidential Forum at Benedict College in South Carolina. The group gave Trump its Bipartisan Justice Award for his signing of the First Step Act, which allowed for the release of a few nonviolent federal inmates. Blow introduces his bigger purpose by bringing up Trump's unfortunate record regarding the intersections of people of color and criminal justice. Blow supports his claim that Trump is the enemy of progressive criminal justice reform with solid evidence. He brings up how Trump advocated for New York to adopt the death penalty in response to the Central Park Five. He supports the Stop-and-Frisk program in New York City after a feder...
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