Did Bernie Sanders Invoke The Racist Superpredator Myth?

WASHINGTON -- As the primary election spotlight begins to focus on South Carolina and its diverse pool of potential voters, Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton has come under scrutiny for supporting her husband's 1994 crime bill.

Former President Bill Clinton's notorious legislation spurred an unprecedented surge in mass incarceration, particularly among African-Americans. As author Michelle Alexander reported in her viral piece for The Nation, “Why Hillary Clinton Doesn’t Deserve The Black Vote,” "prison admissions for drug offenses reached a level in 2000 for African Americans more than 26 times the level in 1983.”