This Monday, May 5th "Lockdown USA," makes its debut on the Independent Film Channel (IFC). The film chronicles hip-hop impresario Russell Simmons's at times Quixotic quest to repeal New York's infamous Rockefeller Drug Laws, which can condemn first-time, nonviolent drug law violators to prison for 15-years-to-life. The film also stars Randy Credico and the Mothers of the New York Disappeared, a group Credico and I co-founded in 1998.
Lockdown USA profiles Wanda Best and her five...
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