I just finished watching the President's speech about Baltimore and thought it was pretty good but..........
One theme that ran through it and which I agree with was the comment about all the people in jail for felony non violent drug charges. This leads to many of our problems but there is a solution and guess what; it does not need congress.
If Obama where serious about this he would do the following and it only takes a stroke of the pen
1. Issue a presidential pardon for every person in jail on non violent drug charges
2. Issue a pardon for everyone who was in jail in the past 30 years for non violent drug charges
3. Expunge all the records
I know this is millions of people but that is the point. We have a better chance of them returning to society as productive contributors if they do not have a record.