New York Has New Marijuana Arrest Policy
A new marijuana arrest policy in New York, America’s largest city, is being applauded by civil rights advocates who say it will reduce alleged discrimination against black and Latino youth.
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End the Drug War, Face Jim Crow
Author Michelle Alexander exposes the War on Drugs as a war on poor people of colour
NAACP Passes Historic Resolution Calling For End to War on Drugs
President and CEO Benjamin Todd Jealous: Major step towards equity, justice, effective law enforcement
How Cops Turn ‘Stop and Frisk’ Into ‘Stop and Arrest’
Justice-reform advocates want young black and brown men to avoid being tricked by police into emptying their pockets.
More Black Men in Prison Today Than Enslaved in 1850
ColorLines' Thoai Lu is reporting that the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics estimates that as of 2008, there were more than 846,000 black men in prison, making up 40.2 percent of all inmates in the system. The article highlights a recent talk given by author Michelle Alexander, who puts those numbers in context.
The Cost of NYC’s Marijuana Possession Arrests in 2010: $75 Million
Marijuana Possession #1 Arrest in NYC, Comprise 15% of All Arrests; Majority of Those Arrested Are Black and Latino Youth.
Man Stopped With Marijuana was Victim of Racial Profiling, Judge Says
A B.C. judge has thrown out the evidence against an Asian man stopped with 57 marijuana plants in his trunk after ruling he had been a victim of racial profiling.
NAACP Study: Whites Smoke More Pot, but Blacks and Latinos Are Arrested More
California African-Americans and Latinos were up to 12 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than whites from 2006 to 2008.
Marijuana Law Reform Is a Civil Rights Issue
This is not a war on the drug lords and violent cartels, this is a war that disproportionately affects young men and women and the latest tool for imposing Jim Crow justice on poor African-Americans.
Drug War Racism Ravishes America
A minor change in court processing procedures in Philadelphia, streamlining the handling of arrests for pot possession, sparked a major controversy recently that totally missed the most outrageous aspect of marijuana law enforcement.
