Ben Cohen, co-founder of Ben & Jerry’s, marijuana story perfectly describes our racist criminal justice system
“It’s really clear to me that if I was black, there wouldn’t have been a Ben & Jerry’s“
The criminalization of marijuana has been a disaster for communities of color.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) September 21, 2019
We will legalize marijuana, expunge past convictions and invest revenue from legal marijuana back into those communities. pic.twitter.com/x7xrzw1Eu4
One summer I was smoking some pot with some friends on a beach and the cops caught us,
We were handcuffed and they took us to the station and they ended up giving us a ticket for littering a lighted cigarette butt on the ground, but I am well aware that if I was black, I would have ended up with a criminal record that would have prevented me from getting the loans that we needed to start Ben & Jerry’s.
So it’s really clear to me that if I was black, there wouldn’t have been a Ben & Jerry’s. And I am conscious of that, I think about that and it’s one of the big reasons why I’m supporting Bernie because he’s gonna put an end to that system.
