Rand Paul on Ferguson: 'Blame politicians'

The Hill reports:

Sen. Rand Paul is renewing his calls for criminal justice reform in light of the decision by a Missouri grand jury not to file charges in the death of Michael Brown.

The Kentucky senator and possible White House contender said that the events in Ferguson, Mo., have brought into focus the toll that the War on Drugs has taken on communities. Still, he said the policies have put police in a “nearly impossible situation.”

“In the search for culpability for the tragedy in Ferguson, I mostly blame politicians,” he wrote in an op-ed for TIME magazine.

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