90% of Pot Arrests in NYC This Summer Targeted People of Color

Merry Jane
Nov 19, 2019, 8:44 am112 pts
Photo via A new set of statistics from the New York Police Department details persistent racism in cannabis arrests, with over 90% of all pot charges filed in the third quarter of 2019 targeting people of color. According to concurrent reports from AM NY and Patch, NYPD officers made 291 arrests for criminal…

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