Cannabis arrests outnumber violent crime arrests

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Study: Marijuana Arrests Outnumber Those for Violent Crimes

African-Americans more than four times as likely to be arrested for possession of small amounts of pot than whites

The study, released Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union and Human Rights Watch, found that law enforcement agencies made 574,641 arrests for possession of small amounts of pot intended for personal use, while 505,681 arrests were made for all violent crimes, including murder, rape and serious assault. And while violent crime arrests have dropped 36 percent from 1995 to 2015, the number of arrests for all drug possessions has increased 13 percent.

"It is selective enforcement, and the example I like to use is that you have all sorts of drug use inside elite college dorms, but you don't see the police busting through doors," said Inimai M. Chettiar, director of the Justice Program at New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice.

http://www.rollingstone.com/culture/news/study-marijuana-arrests-outnumber-those-for-violent-crimes-w444794

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This is outrageous and unacceptable.

[safeinOhio]

1. MJ laws are a cottage industry

for police, courts, jails and big Pharma.

[JonathanRackham]

2. This ball busting has to stop.