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“What we have to do is end over-policing in African-American neighborhoods. The reality is that both the African-American community and the white community do marijuana at about equal rates. The reality is four times as many blacks get arrested for marijuana. Truth is that far more blacks get stopped for traffic violations. The truth is that sentencing for blacks is higher than for whites. We need fundamental police reform.”
The problem with that is that black-on-black crime would explode. Any hope of economic development and jobs in minority areas would evaporate.
Ultimately I see that "solution" as defaulting on the underclass. Bernie, let's be serious. Marijuana convictions are not the real problem; it's that marijuana is the reduced plea for other crimes. Gang violence is the problem.
The sooner we are no longer prosecuting people for weed the better.
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Originally Posted by Dane_in_LA
Weed and traffic citations keep minority areas from developing?
You both understand quite well what I"m saying. Without policing serious crime would explode. The prosecutions for quality of life crimes at least maintain a patina of strictness and order.
You both understand quite well what I"m saying. Without policing serious crime would explode. The prosecutions for quality of life crimes at least maintain a patina of strictness and order.
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