Just now on @MSNBC: Campaign co-chair @AnthonyBrownMD4 spoke to the reality of marijuana convictions in South Bend.
"Under Mayor Pete's leadership, if you're an Af-Am man, the likelihood of being arrested for marijuana possession in South Bend was lower than in all of Indiana."pic.twitter.com/68e7affyM1
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Pete's follow up on
@CNNSotu: "If there's one thing I learned as mayor is that this entire country needs to come to a reckoning about how the criminal legal system is barely worth the name of justice, especially when it comes to the racial disparities that it's perpetuated."pic.twitter.com/O3SuKygyu3Show this thread -
Full transcript of
@jaketapper and@PeteButtigieg exchange on@CNNSotu:pic.twitter.com/JgPoOlgbbI
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And now, some more receipts after a thorough vetting of SB data: 1| Arrest rates for marijuana possession are generally low in South Bend and trended downward over the course of Pete's tenure.
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2| In 2018, the South Bend Police Department changed the way it classified crimes, switching to the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS). This is also why SB violent crime seemed to spike around this time frame. You can read about that here:https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/17/upshot/crime-statistics-south-bend-st-louis-misleading.html …
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3| As a result of that change in classification, the number spiked in 2018 because the department began itemizing charges individually, reporting marijuana possession for people who were arrested and charged with more serious crimes.pic.twitter.com/I1x4o7HPE9
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Ty for the clarification.
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This clarifies nothing
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They also changed reporting to be more honest and capture more accurate information. It's complicated...
How Crime Data Can Mislead in South Bend, St. Louis https://thecrimereport.org/2019/12/17/how-crime-data-can-mislead-in-south-bend-st-louis/ … via @thecrimereport
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