The bill provided funding for thousands of law enforcement jobs and billions for various crime prevention programs. This sounds fine on the front end, doesn't it? Because I'm sure you've thought this through and realize that things aren't voted for in hindsight. The result on the back end was that it sent lots of minorities to prison, but voting happens on the front end before the results are known and if a person is voting to specifically send minorities to prison, then those minorities must be referenced in the bill, which of course they are not. The talking point exists because people are manipulative assholes conflating hindsight with foresight.