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Despite decriminalizing minor pot offenses, New York police officers are still arresting hundreds of black and Latinx residents for possession and minor sales.
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Racist disparities in New York City pot policing have continued, according to new statistics from the first half of 2019.
Out of 805 fifth-degree cannabis possession arrests tallied by the NYPD’s quarterly arrest statistics, 506 targeted black New Yorkers and 260 affected Latinx residents, Queens Eagle reports. Similarly, out of 616 people arrested for fourth-degree pot sales, 403 were black and 180 Latinx.
“The reason is fundamentally...
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