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president obama and 'the wire' creator david simon talk about us drug war

3/27/2015

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PRESIDENT OBAMA TALKING WITH 'THE WIRE' CREATOR DAVID SIMON ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
It is a well known fact that President Obama is a big fan of the hard hitting HBO drama 'The Wire', which dealt with the turmoil, struggle and tragedies that befell the inner city folk of Baltimore, Maryland, brought about by the influx of drugs within the community. It's creator, former crime reporter David Simon, certainly pulled no punches when depicting the utter awfulness of the system that was causing so many people to die, in particular, young black men. He viewed the problem from all sides and displayed on the show the fact that serious changes needed to be implemented from the lawmakers for any real significant change to take place.

So it was no surprise to discover the two men recently sat down together in Washington, D.C. to discuss exactly that. Sure, 'The Wire' was fiction, but it was based on real situations occurring in many of America's urban cities, causing President Obama to hold talks concerning the criminal-justice system at the Bipartisan Summit for Criminal Justice Reform. Simon, who actually lived in Baltimore during the 1980's, said "people thought they could arrest their way out of the drug problem, and then they actually tried to do that." Both the president and Simon agree there needs to be a new way to deal with the drugs situation and the untold misery delivered to so many (non violent) people.  The interview runs for 12 minutes and makes fascinating viewing.
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