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Dennis Donovan

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4. Harry Anslinger was a HORRIBLE racist...

Reply to niyad (Original post)

Fri Apr 27, 2018, 01:15 PM

Apr 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_J._Anslinger#The_campaign_against_marijuana_1930%E2%80%931937

He worked to have cannabis made illegal so it would give him an excuse to bust African-Americans and Mexican-Americans for using it (or, many times, they were FRAMED).

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How "Strange Fruit" Killed Billie Holiday [View all] niyad Apr 2018 OP

Heartbreaking...absolutely heartbreaking Docreed2003 Apr 2018 #1

I was horrified, but not really surprised. niyad Apr 2018 #2

Hope Anslinger is burning in hell right now Blue Owl Apr 2018 #3

I wish he were someplace worse than hell. niyad Apr 2018 #13

Harry Anslinger was a HORRIBLE racist... Dennis Donovan Apr 2018 #4

has jeffie started on the framing part yet? niyad Apr 2018 #14

Thank you for posting this here & elsewhere. Must not forget. What a horrible man in so many ways.nt Bernardo de La Paz Apr 2018 #5

and his "heir" , sessions, is the load we are saddled with today. niyad Apr 2018 #9

Thank you for the link. They_Live Apr 2018 #6

Anslinger would feel right at home today lunatica Apr 2018 #7

sadly, you are absolutely correct. niyad Apr 2018 #11

Horrifying! potone Apr 2018 #8

Harry Anslinger, minus most brain cells, is now ACTUALLY and for real in the god damn Oval Office. Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #10

terrifying. I keep hoping that we are in a mass dream--and will wake up--SOON!!!!!! niyad Apr 2018 #12

Night after night for months I watched as Rachel Maddow reported on the most Eliot Rosewater Apr 2018 #15

sadly, it was always on my mind that the pukes would do their best to steal the election--I told niyad Apr 2018 #16

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