My friend Lamont Brown is one of many African American males who committed crimes as youth but are haunted by them today.
He is in his mid 40s but committed a drug offense when he was 19.
Since then, he's become a prominent businessman, compelling speaker and role model.
He won office as Alderman of a city that badly needs his type of inspiration.
But, the residents are fighting him because of his youthful indiscretion.
Well, he is a friend and I'm off to Springfield on tomorrow to talk to lawmakers about changing the law so that someone like Lamont can have his record expunged after ten years of good citizenry.
I'm determined to get this law reversed as part of the bigger good.
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