Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardons 175,000 marijuana convictions
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Maryland Gov. Wes Moore pardoned more than 175,000 past marijuana convictions Monday, clearing the names of people who were found guilty of possessing small amounts of marijuana.
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Smart Move! It’s utterly despicable that there are 175K convicted for marijuana. That is just very sad for this nation
Very sad
All in one state...
Sad
Bottom line, he just saved the state a bunch of money. And.. it was the right thing to do.
This is great. This may help the fact that we, as a nation have 25% of the incarcerated people in the world, despite the U. S. Only having about 4% of the world's population.
Our citizens aren't meaner, or more criminal minded than people in other countries.
Good luck, all you people who were jailed for a roach. Best of luck to you . ☮️💋
The right thing to do!
Convictions make ut harder for everyone getting a job sxcept for President, how absurd is that?
Maybe he can now try putting murderers and carjackers IN JAIL?
And don't forget the meth sellers.
No one isnt not putting those people in jail!!
@@micah9096 no cash bail is letting people out almost immediately. Look it up.
That's not his job! That job belongs to the police and the courts!
Well he made room in the jail for actual criminals now.
This is what progressive leaders do.
Forgiving and assisting people gain redemption is what real Christians do.
God Bless You Wes Moore!
Great. Now please replace those individuals with shoplifters and repeat DUI offenders.
What do you mean?
I take to mean that those individuals should have been the ones convicted and incarcerated for those type of actual crimes and not marijuana. Too many get away for worse than marijuana. I hope that is what was meant.
Make the pardon country wide
This is a righteous man. Havent seen one in my entire life in politics. I appreciate him. He isndoing the right thing. Hats off to this young man. Hopefull the devils will follow but i doubt it
❤❤❤❤ great news it's about time
Beautiful!!!!! Thank you!!!!
Great news. This is great.
That’s awesome 👏 history in progress certified method
now now he has to pardon that bullsh*t convictions for "resisting arrest"
That will always be a last resort excuse for law enforcement, its a safety tool for a selective arrest.
This will make the prison industrial complex mad!!😅😅😅😅
This is awesome you have blessed so many families and the Most High will bless you sir 😢😢😢😢, I’m not living in Maryland but so many oppressed families will be restored!! I love it 😍 maybe I’ll move here!!!
Great news !!!
Thanks gov. 💙
About time, thank you Governor
That’s a true leader!
Well done Gov
AMAZING
Have to be done Nationwide
Read this guys book. Glad people like him are in places of power.
Much love 💕 and respect 🙏🏾⚖️💯‼️
I think this is wonderful.
Maryland Governor .. outstanding 👏… respect Australia
Awesome!
And Michael Knaapen was this governor's fund raiser. Protect your children Maryland.
Just in time for the election!
Not his. So that excuse kind of dies flat. Also if it was so what?
In time…. Uh hello states have been doing this for a couple years.. how many legal states are there now?
@@stephanbruno7249 Is there an election coming up? Are there Democrats running in November? Is there an extremely tight Senate race where the Republican ex-Governor is expected to win? Your Statement doesn't hold any water!
@@jonnyrock41 LOL! Like I said.... Just in time for the election. 8-))))
@@stephanbruno7249 Democrat pandering for young people , dont get played thats all this is , even though Im for it.
Im just wondering how many of those convictions were the "lesser" charge in a plea deal? Or, how many were involved in a traffic stop, under the influence. Hmmmm......hope im wrong but time will tell.
All of them.
Forget Trump. Forget Biden. I WANT MOORE.
Well done Governor!!!! Love! Freedom! Logic! Common Sense! Kindness! Forgiveness! MORE MOORE PLEASE!!!! :D
For some strange reason millions across America look at weed like a bottle of beer, it is that common and every state in our union should make medical marijuana available to all our wounded warriors recovering from war wounds and memories that last for lifetimes …Why should veterans in some states have access and other states cage time?…Why treat adults like kids?.🤐
What are we going to do about the harassment we're about to get so they refill the prisons cause they're not having guard layoffs. Can we military skip rank training in a prison guard to military pipeline? Can guards that are voted by guys in be their teacher/ job coach/ P.O. on the outside? Can guys be voted by inmates into classes to be thier counselors on the outside?
States will do the same
Good!
What a great day for the State of Maryland and its citizens of color!!! The Governor is making the change to ensure that the wrongly convicted and overly charged and convicted are set free. He’s made history and people of color ARE THANKFUL 🙏🏽 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽!! Thank you, Governor, we’re so grateful and proud!!!!
Yay!
Legalize cannabis for medicinal use nationwide!
It sounds like the idea is that pardoning a past conviction magically changes peoples perception of that past conviction.
This gave me chills for some reason. This is dope! (Pun intended) 😂 Now the country needs to decriminalize and declassify it as a schedule anything so us CDL drivers can get down on that wonderful medicine 💪🏽 Love me some Mary.
Run for president next.
Excell Excellent!🎉
Great
Nice
NOW YOU NEEED TO PAY REPORATIONS TO ALL PEOPLE WHO WHERE EFFECTED. STARTING NOW
In the last days they will call good bad and bad good. Be of sober minds and vigilant because your enemy, the Devil, roams around like a hungry lion looking for whom he may devour.
Jesus is coming Soon
Thats right dems baby
♥
Makes sense - First Step Act - Trump's Law.
Hey, Mr. Govenor, does your police protection smoke up? How about your helicopter pilot? Tractor-trailer drivers need to smoke up before going on the road. They face some tense situations. They need to relax a bit. They can't harm anyone. (Answer those questions. Why can't they smoke up) Low expectations of your community get you low-quality citizens. I see the people lining up at these dispensaries. They are an embarrassment to society. Job well done. If mediocrity was currency there would be no budget issues in this state. We expect and reward poor habits, behaviors, and ethics. Is that how you build a team, an organization, or society? Maryland's new slogan. "Expect mediocrity and use race as an excuse for poor behavior." Great job, Mr. Govenor. What branch of the military did you serve in? What was their motto?
It will result in more DUI’s, and probably more auto accidents.
Always race with these guys. Just leave it at we released 175k people on minor drug possession charges. What a great thing huh.
Good man
Looks like 175,000 New Democrat Voters
🤡🙈
I wonder if Biden feels guilty.
Yes! Now pump all the weed we can to black neighborhoods for free 🤙
how about 50-50 to the white hoods?we can all bond over a doobie?!?!?!
What about weed bust felonies
UNFIT FOR ANY POLITICAL OFFICE???
You’re watching the wrong channel. MAGA is not here. Haters watch Fox News.
If he ran for president I’d switch back to Democratic Party. If Obama was like this, he would have been a better president. But he was uncourageous and pupated.
Every state should do the same.
I love the way he is the leader of restoring people lives. I love it!! He. Righteous man. Wow!
You have to get the clowns in the federal government to take it off a level 1 controlled substance heroin is level two cocaine is level two or three
@@hassanas.benjamin3818 Lols, no he ain't. Look at Baltimore.
Taking a minor misdemeanor offense off your record, is he giving everyone their money back for fines, how about another $1000 a day if you did jail time. Show me the money.
He's about to rob us at the MVA.
he has to make sure those convictions are actually ERASED from people's record
That’s what “Pardoned” means the conviction has been overturned and eradicated from public records. This is absolutely awesome, now people who was convicted can vote, and apply for public service jobs
@@gregd4633 That is not at all what that means, but nice guess. www.tdcj.texas.gov/bpp/faq/ClemencyProcess.html
@@gregd4633 I think they could vote already.
@@gregd4633 Literally copied from google: "It does not expunge, remove, or erase the crime from your record."
This is in time for the election…he just needs to promise and bang on with race care and equity and bad white people and blah blah blah.
IT WASN'T LOGICAL to lock people up for a tiny amount of weed. A waste fo taxpayers $$$
It was to make private prisons rich and Black people suffer!
@@MPR2 white people got arrested for weed also ,dont take all the credit........
Illegal Drugs are Illegal Drugs!!! This Racist black Governor can get a new job in jail!
@@MPR2No, it's because these dopers BROKE THE LAW!!!!❤
I'm sorry, but you expect me to believe these people were only in prison for weed? Usually it's a plead down from another charge.
Good, now they can become productive citizens.
This needs to be done NATION WIDE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bravo, this is a great start. I hope other states learn This is a positive step for all the citizens that have been brutalized by marijuana convictions. And the marijuana provision, we did it on alcohol years ago.
I’ve tried it, don’t like it. I don’t smoke it. I don’t drink either. But, way to go Maryland. You got this one right. This is really the best idea. I still won’t smoke it but I believe that others should be able too.
RESPECT!
I never heard of you but you are such a light in a dark situation. You are freeing so many lives and giving back black freedom. I will never forget this.
Btw why do you think it was only black people he pardoned? Imagine if a white person said that.
Lols, as if the black community will do better as a result of this. Soft bigotry of low expectations.
This is good.
I don't even mess with weed but anyway..GOOD!!😊
I am having a weed party in Maryland to celebrate
Great news. Common sense.
Great!
Set fathers free from prison !!
People don't go to prison for cannabis, drug dealers do. Only the intent to distribute lands you in jail, not a quarter bag, those people have felonies they will remain in prison, lmao you've been bamboozled again by the Democrats.
Yeah, he should run for President...
GOOD FOR HIM
Forgiveness❤
I’ve been watching this man from across the country for a few yrs! He’ll be president one day! Smooth operator
Let's get him to run NOW can we? Now is the right time.
Then the countries gonna be even more f'd than it is now.
Looks like a future democratic presidential candidate to me.
A basketball american that lets people get away with the consequences of their actions? Sounds like a democrat ticket
Brave, strong and well done.
He should also expunge the convictions, too! Does the pardon expunge their records & are there programs in place to help them find jobs & emotionally adjust?
Yes that's what a pardon does
That's great. There are alot of people in there with non-violent crimes and using, doing more time than 🍇 and p3deo. Maybe if he can make room he can keep carjackers and these thieves in there
Thank you. This will ensure primarily our black brothers and a few of our sisters will have access to the financial and educational resources needed to live in decency. Now this is the start to accountability, being reasonably responsible in response to grave injustice and hypocrisy. Yes there should be compensation. Not only for cannabis, but also for other racist convictions to disproportionately get rid of competition, oppress and disenfranchise.
Does this mean that the pardoned will be subject to the new draft being implemented?
He sounds like a young Obama 😮
He's an actor. Reading his script. Now Governor. 🤔🧐 Hollywood playing their role. 🤡
@@ES-bl1wy So yea, a young Obama.
@@stanleyclark923 He did a show called Beyond Belief. 🤔
@@ES-bl1wy I'm sure you have the same criticism for trump right? 🤡
Good job Governor!God bless you!
As he should!
Crazy how alcohol is just normalized but throughout many states marijuana is deemed as evil.
Thank you Sir! Not one of them or no anyone but this disproportionately affects Blk Men!!!!!
nope.we white people get in just as much trouble thank you
Someone needs some votes!
Thanks Governor Moore.. I wish all states can do the same❤❤❤
Well done sir 🙏
Good for you; this should have been done throughout the country many years ago. Not saying that drug abuse is good, it’s not; but minor drug offenses should just be fined.
Great news!!!!!
I’ve tried it, don’t like it. I don’t smoke it. I don’t drink either. But, way to go Maryland. You got this one right. This is really the best idea. I still won’t smoke it but I believe that others should be able too.
How positively do you think of this drug, either grown, synthetic, or laced, if you steer clear of taking it. In some way, you must have negative thoughts and beliefs about either recreational or frequent use of intoxicating substances, so why do you support it?
@@chknchkn6385 it's supposed to be a free country. and legal cannabis means there is no market for synthetic cannabis, so that would be a non-issue.
Thank You Gov Wes Moore 4 President❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️📝
YES SIR!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The first to stand up
Coolest thing I've ever heard. That's Government working for the people.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Now is time to issue pardons nationwide. Thank you Gov Moore.