Dc Marijuana Related Arrests Plummet 93%

[t-pain]

http://www.theweedblog.com/dc-marijuana-related-arrests-plummet-93/

 

“Ninety-two percent of those arrested in the District for marijuana violations have been black. The glaring disparity in enforcement across racial lines and its outsized impact on poor and minority communities was a key rallying cry for those who sought to change the law, and ultimately led to the successful passage of the city’s legalization ballot initiative,” said Giadha DeCarcer, Founder and CEO of New Frontier.

 

In 2010, Washington, D.C. led the nation with the number of arrests per capita. The city arrested 846 per 100,000 compared to New York’s 535 arrests and Illinois’ 389. The racial disparity in the city’s arrests was also stark. Nationally, blacks were four times as likely as whites to get arrested for cannabis, but in the nation’s capital they were eight times more likely.

 

According to the Metropolitan Police Department, arrests have fallen from a high of 5,756 in 2011 to only 266 in 2015 – a 93% decline.

[t-pain]

help end the racist war on drugs, vote for anything to reform marijuana laws.

[t-pain]

war on drugs aint over yet. keep voting yes for peoples initiatives.

[bobandtorey]

 Imo the War on Drugs won't be over even if a Law is passed Leo isn't going to wake-up that day and say we can't arrest anyone now for Cannabis today but i do believe we our winning the people minds and hearts 

[Alphabob]

Agreed. Until we start cutting down on the drug task forces, provide alternative funding for police departments, eliminate civil forfeiture and create more federal oversight they will not stop. The profit has to come from somewhere and we've all seen how easy it is for them to make up new laws or find another way. The federal government also plays a large role in corrupting local law enforcement. Some examples include the use of NSA resources to target Americans, the use of parallel construction, obstruction of justice, profit sharing and opinions like Heien v North Carolina that say LEO does not need to know the law in order to have sufficient probable cause.

 

When you start training officers so that they can hide sources of intelligence (which they should not be using), that they can make up false stories for probable cause (parallel construction) or that they do not need to know the law to get away with falsely arresting someone; you create a mentality in law enforcement where it is above the law, that it can do whatever it wants as long as its kept secret. When you further incentivize these organizations with the capability to rob law abiding citizens through civil forfeiture, they are no longer protecting citizens but instead become criminal kingpins. This is the type of stuff that American’s despise, that they think “that only happens in other countries”.

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-dea-sod-idUSBRE97409R20130805
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennifergranick/2013/08/14/nsa-dea-irs-lie-about-fact-that-americans-are-routinely-spied-on-by-our-government-time-for-a-special-prosecutor-2/#55138457678a
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2013/08/05/more-surveillance-abuse-exposed-special-dea-unit-is-spying-on-americans-and-covering-it-up/#2f03dff43733

 

“The unit of the DEA that is conducting the surveillance is known as the Special Operations Division (‘SOD’) and is made up of a partnership of numerous government agencies including the NSA, CIA, FBI, IRS and the Department of Homeland Security.”

 

"Worse, DEA and IRS agents are told to lie to judges and defense attorneys about their use of NSA data, and about the very existence of the SOD, and to make up stories about how these investigations started so that no one will know information is coming from the NSA’s top secret surveillance programs."

Edited May 8, 2016 by Alphabob

[t-pain]

DC had a successful marijuana protest in front of the whitehouse

 

including a 50ft long inflatable joint.

 

https://youtube.com/watch?v=k_IxogNXqx0

 

 

looks a lot like hash bash.

maybe it will become a thing?