Trump Delivers Remarks on Criminal Justice Reform at South Carolina College

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Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform—First Step Act

(begins at 18:12 & includes comments by a few beneficiaries)

 

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Trump’s Columbia visit wraps with praise of HBCUs and reform, peaceful demonstrations

This is part of the informative timeline provided by the link:

COLUMBIA, S.C.

President Donald Trump spoke for nearly an hour during his first official visit to a historically black college or university, Columbia’s Benedict College.

The event, the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum, highlighted criminal justice reform. Trump touted the success of the First Step Act, which has resulted in the release of hundreds of federal prisoners, while also praising African American achievement and HBCUs.

Trump supporters and protesters gathered peacefully throughout the day in Columbia. While a few Benedict College students were invited to attend the president’s speech, most students were asked to remain in their dorm rooms during the president’s visit, students told reporters.

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[RighteousnessTemperance&]

In the link above, they managed to completely omit the participation (starting around 58:24) of Jerome Brown, who became a master barber, learning while in prison.

As he invited him up, Trump self-deprecatingly commented, “Oh good, I can have my hair properly cut….Finally, I can get a good haircut,”etc.

As part of the lead-in, Trump mentioned, “[O]ur national revival—and that’s what it is. We have a national revival like you haven’t seen in a long time.”

 

[exscentric]

A report I read told of fear demonstrations turning ugly was reason students were told to stay in their dorms. Supposedly lunch was served to the students in their rooms - keep the students safe but the food service workers are expendable

 

[Reynolds]

A report I read told of fear demonstrations turning ugly was reason students were told to stay in their dorms. Supposedly lunch was served to the students in their rooms - keep the students safe but the food service workers are expendable

More like food service workers had been Secret Service cleared

 

[Reynolds]

Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform—First Step Act

(begins at 18:12 & includes comments by a few beneficiaries)

We need reform. Sentences need to be reasonable. Justice system needs to shift from punitive to reformatory.