9 Out of 10 NYPD Pot Arrests Target People of Color, Says New Report

Merry Jane
Jul 26, 2018, 12:10 pm183 pts
Lead image via In New York City, smoking weed is apparently only a crime if you're black or Latinx. In a new report breaking down the New York City Police Department's (NYPD) misdemeanor arrest statistics over the first six months of 2018, the Police Reform Organizing Project (PROP) found that 93% of the…

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