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Originally Posted by jade408
Nope I don't. But I do find it interesting the current narrative is praising some people for drug related businesses. I've been saying since I was 8 or 9 that if you are a successful drug dealer, you are likely a good entrepreneur.
The thing is, we are calling these guys entrepreneurs, and the non-whites dealers. Why isn't everyone who hustling drugs (non-violently) praised for their business acumen?
One of the reasons these guys are so "successful" is because they can float around under the radar, because "drug dealers" are black or brown. Reality is, most people buy drugs from people who look like them in their own neighborhoods. It's logical hipsters are selling to other hipsters.
What isn't logical is how the war on drugs ignores this reality, and arrests the black and brown guys for those same "offenses."
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And there are tonssss of "black hipsters"....
Don't you live in Cali? Surely you've only seen a hundred thousand of them. I know so many black dudes that don't even have a detention record let alone a criminal one...
But yes, the war on drugs is a real phenomenon that does affect mostly black male youths. But, make no mistake....for that War on Drugs to actually WORK the LEO's and DEA need liaisons to facilitate it all.
Urban sprawl is a conducive environment for a game of drug busts which
They aren't just planting drugs on people.
As far as the "if it's white, it's just good entrepreneurship". This is WEED we are talking about...it's quasi-LEGAL at this point. And there are black dudes getting in on the game....I know two black dudes who operate dispensaries in LA alone. I guess it's white privilege that weed is less stigmatized now?
In most states possession under 50 grams is a fine. For example, in NJ, you're not going to jail unless it's over X amount AND packaged with intent to distribute. So basically what I'm saying is that a messenger can actually be transporting an OUNCE of weed (as long as it's not broken down into dubs or dimes) and actually be frisked and arrested for possession and will never have a record.
A.k.a something you would never hear about in the news because it happens all the time.
A.k.a you're looking for a nail to hammer that just isn't there
New York Laws & Penalties
Look, there are the marijuana penalties of NYC... anything under 25g, and no distinction made as to how its packaged, is a fine....even a third offense doesnt carry mandatory jail. Yes, this is solely POSSESSION but usually surveillance of hand-to-hand transactions are done over an extended time frame as sting ops. So this may have been the case during the time HuffPo posted this stupid piece.
Either way, the charge of "distribution" is very easy to subvert if you're a bike messenger. "Yes, officer...this is my personal stash"
I know, I've paid the money happily.
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