On the other hand, the War of Drugs began during the 1960 when the civil rights movement was occurring. The reason why it began during the 1960s is because in The New Jim Crow Michelle Alexander states “the shift to a general attitude of “toughness” toward problems associated with communities of color began in the 1960s…” (Alexander, 2012 p.55) This conclusion was based on how Michelle Alexander states another great point “…The War on Drugs went from being a political slogan to an actual war.” (Alexander, 2012, p.74) On May 16, 2003 the NYPD were looking for a drug dealer that was selling drugs on the sixth floor. Although, they arrested the drug dealer four days before, they enter into the building and Alberta Spruill was the only person in
