Russell Simmons & Anthony Papa & Credico Call for Repeal of the Rockefeller Drug Laws

On May 08, 2003 Amy Goodman of Democracy Now interviewed Hip Hop Pioneer Russell Simmons ,Anthony Papa and Randy Credico. This historical account the Rockefeller Drug Law reform movement took a significant step with the formation of the "Countdown to Fairness" the largest drug war rally ever held in the United States.




Hip Hop Nation Set to Rock the Rockefeller Laws -- Mass Protest Set for June 4 if Laws Not Repealed

After years of rising clamor, the New York Assembly moved last week to take a first tiny step at redressing the injustice of that state's draconian "Rockefeller laws," the tough anti-drug measures first put into effect under
then Gov. Nelson Rockefeller in the early 1970s. As part of a budget measure, legislators passed language that would result in the early release of some 800 drug offenders. But baby steps are not enough to quiet a growing coalition demanding repeal of those laws. And that coalition took a giant step earlier this month, when Russell Simmons, a major rap performer and entrepreneur, brought his Hip Hop Action Summit Network onboard and vowed to bring 100,000 people or more onto the streets of New York City on June 4 if the laws still stand.

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[WeAskThePeople]

FIGHT government oppression... FREE choice & HUMAN RIGHTS.. > no more DEA SWAT raids.. > no more PROPERTY confiscation > no more IMPRISONMENT for people > no more DRUG WAR violence > no more DICTATORSHIP morals > no more PROHIBITION & lies > no more MILITARISATION of police > no more RACIAL profiling > no more MEDICINAL raids > no more CONTROLS

[WeAskThePeople]

it should NEVER have been made ILLEGAL in the first place..

---------------- REMEMBER THAT -------------------

no REGULATIONS , no TAXES , no PRISONS , no DEA SWAT RAIDS

no ASSET CONFISCATION , no GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION !

nick off OBAMA. !

VOTE >>>>>>>>>>NO PROHIBITION <<<<<<<<<<<< VOTE

FREEDOM & HUMAN RIGHTS. No compromise.

GO the TOMATO MODEL. ... free to GROW & USE as we DECIDE..

USA government is full of IDEOLOGICAL MORALIST FUNDAMENTALIST morons.

they DO NOT OWN my BODY & my MIND !!!