Historic Step Will Reduce Both Racial Disparities and the Number of Brooklynites Unfairly Saddled with Lifelong Arrest Records
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—April 25, 2014. Today, Brooklyn elected officials, community groups, and advocates rallied on the steps of Borough Hall to support District Attorney Ken Thompson’s proposal to stop prosecuting people arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana. A memo outlining DA Thompson’s proposal, shared with the press, states that when the police make a low-level marijuana arrest and…
