Our Race-Neutral Justice System (yes, that is Sarcasm)
Here be statistics from a recent report - The War on Marijuana in Black and White from the ACLU. Percentage of Whites vs Blacks that have used Marijuana in the last 12 months - roughly the same, with Blacks taking a slight lead. Percentage of Whites vs Blacks that have never used Marijuana - roughly the same, with Blacks taking a slight lead again. Arrest rate, per 100,000 for marijuana possession - NOT roughly the same. Not even close. Arrest rates per 100,000 by region - yup, its nationwide. Break the same damn thing down by county - virtually all the counties have Blacks arrested 3X more than whites, with a whole bunch in the " greater than 7 " category. Is this race-neutral justice? Screw "race-neutral" - is this JUSTICE ? No it isn't - and Ta-Nehisi Coates puts it best The years between 2000 and 2010 do not simply constitute a war on marijuana, but a war on black people who use mariju...