Extreme Racial Disparities Persist: 86% of arrests are young Black and Latino Men, Even Though Young White Men Use Marijuana At Higher Rates
NEW YORK—(ENEWSPF)—May 9, 2014. Today the Marijuana Arrest Research Project released data showing that racially bias marijuana arrests continue to be one of the leading arrests in New York City, despite the precipitous drop in stop and frisks.
In March 2014, the NYPD under made more marijuana possession arrests than almost every…
