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Simplepowa
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Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus
#20729060 - 10/20/14 01:42 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Press Release | 10/20/2014 Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crusade Share:
From March to August Under de Blasio/Bratton, NYPD Made More Marijuana Possession Arrests than Bloomberg/Kelly in Same Period of Previous Year
Extreme Racial Disparities Persist as Blacks and Latinos Make up 86% of Marijuana Possession Arrests, Despite Young Whites Using at Higher Rates
NEW YORK: A new report released today by the Marijuana Arrest Research Project and the Drug Policy Alliance shows that, despite campaign promises, marijuana possession arrests under Mayor de Blasio are on track to equal – or even surpass – the number of arrests under Mayor Bloomberg. As under the Bloomberg and Giuliani administrations, these arrests are marked by shockingly high racial disparities. The report, Race, Class & Marijuana Arrests in Mayor de Blasio’s Two New Yorks: the NYPD’s Marijuana Arrest Crusade Continues in 2014 draws on data from the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services and shows that despite a change in mayoral administrations and police commissioners, the NYPD continues its practice of making wasteful, racially biased, and costly marijuana arrests.
The report includes extensive analysis of marijuana arrest and income data, showing that overall, low income and middle class communities of color face dramatically higher rates of marijuana possession arrests than do white communities of every class bracket. Most of those arrested are young men of color, even though young white men use marijuana at higher rates. Nearly 75% of the people arrested for marijuana possession in 2014 have never been convicted of even a single misdemeanor, and only 11% have a misdemeanor conviction.
"President Obama, Governor Cuomo, former Mayor Ed Koch and candidate Bill de Blasio all strongly criticized the NYPD's racist marijuana possession arrests,” said report author and Queens College professor Harry Levine. “Yet the most progressive mayor in the modern history of New York is unable to stop them? Really?"
New York State decriminalized personal possession of small amounts of marijuana in 1977, finding that arresting people for small amounts of marijuana "needlessly scars thousands of lives while detracting from the prosecution of serious crimes.” Yet over the last twenty years, marijuana possession has become a top law enforcement priority, with nearly 600,000 people having been arrested under this provision in New York City alone, often as the result of an illegal search or as the result of a stop-and-frisk encounter when police demand an individual “empty their pockets,” thus exposing marijuana to public view.
... read more: https://www.drugpolicy.org/news/2014/10/tale-two-new-yorks-endures-under-de-blasio-nypd-continues-discriminatory-marijuana-arre
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Re: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus [Re: Simplepowa]
#20729133 - 10/20/14 02:00 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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"the NYPD continues its practice of making wasteful, racially biased, and costly marijuana arrests"
Yet, there is no proof that the arrests are "racially biased", just because more minorities are arrested for marijuana is doesn't mean there's racism behind it.
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Re: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus [Re: qman]
#20729208 - 10/20/14 02:17 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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qman said: "the NYPD continues its practice of making wasteful, racially biased, and costly marijuana arrests"
Yet, there is no proof that the arrests are "racially biased", just because more minorities are arrested for marijuana is doesn't mean there's racism behind it.
It's sad that so many are too stupid to get that.
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Re: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus [Re: luvdemshrooms]
#20729391 - 10/20/14 03:04 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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luvdemshrooms said:
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qman said: "the NYPD continues its practice of making wasteful, racially biased, and costly marijuana arrests"
Yet, there is no proof that the arrests are "racially biased", just because more minorities are arrested for marijuana is doesn't mean there's racism behind it.
It's sad that so many are too stupid to get that.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/
Just saying generally from the studies I've seen (maybe they are flawed or biased) theres not a big difference (or any at all) between the number of whites who smoke compared to blacks that smoke and they generally get arrested far more.
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Re: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus [Re: Justamaninafish]
#20729436 - 10/20/14 03:16 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Justamaninafish said:
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luvdemshrooms said:
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qman said: "the NYPD continues its practice of making wasteful, racially biased, and costly marijuana arrests"
Yet, there is no proof that the arrests are "racially biased", just because more minorities are arrested for marijuana is doesn't mean there's racism behind it.
It's sad that so many are too stupid to get that.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/
Just saying generally from the studies I've seen (maybe they are flawed or biased) theres not a big difference (or any at all) between the number of whites who smoke compared to blacks that smoke and they generally get arrested far more.
Trying to establish a correlation between using marijuana and getting arrested for possession is a flawed concept, there are other factors at play and usage is a very small component.
Then trying to establish the disparity in the correlation is the result of racist polices is the ultimate form of logic failure.
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Re: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus [Re: Justamaninafish]
#20729593 - 10/20/14 03:42 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Justamaninafish said:
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luvdemshrooms said:
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qman said: "the NYPD continues its practice of making wasteful, racially biased, and costly marijuana arrests"
Yet, there is no proof that the arrests are "racially biased", just because more minorities are arrested for marijuana is doesn't mean there's racism behind it.
It's sad that so many are too stupid to get that.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/
Just saying generally from the studies I've seen (maybe they are flawed or biased) theres not a big difference (or any at all) between the number of whites who smoke compared to blacks that smoke and they generally get arrested far more.
Which may or may not mean shit. It certainly doesn't prove racism and it only suggests it to those who desperately seek it.
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Re: Tale of Two New Yorks Endures Under de Blasio as NYPD Continues Discriminatory Marijuana Arrest Crus [Re: luvdemshrooms]
#20729890 - 10/20/14 04:41 PM (9 years, 5 months ago) |
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Spanish and black people getting arrested for cocaine y marijuana. What are the odds.
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