1. Arrests of Black & Brown people rose in Colorado. Plummeted for whites. SOURCE: https://www.npr.org/2016/06/29/483954157/as-adults-legally-smoke-pot-in-colorado-more-minority-kids-arrested-for-it … 2. Arrests in New York went up. SOURCE:https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2017/02/marijuana-arrests-in-nyc-increase-in-2016-still-large-racial-disparities-109306 …
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This article refers to arrest rates — not the total number of people arrested. Do you have data showing that this tweet of your is correct, that "Arrests of Black & Brown people rose in Colorado"? I haven't seen any data supporting that claim.
Yes. Source 1. https://www.npr.org/2016/06/29/483954157/as-adults-legally-smoke-pot-in-colorado-more-minority-kids-arrested-for-it … Source 2. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/legal-pot-and-the-black-market/481506/ … Source 3.https://www.buzzfeed.com/amandachicagolewis/marijuana-arrests-down-in-colorado-for-white-teens-up-for-bl?utm_term=.hg5Nvbdv97#.ceyyOvRON2 …
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1. That refers to rates not total arrests. 2. I don’t see the figures. 3. That applies to teens, who aren’t covered by the law. Can you provide hard numbers that show, as you claimed, "marijuana related arrests of African Americans & Latinos have actually INCREASED”?
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Your article paints a picture that people who possess marijuana LEGALLY are being arrested unfairly. When asked to provide sources, you post multiple articles that are only referring to underage kids being arrested for marijuana possession. Intellectual dishonesty.
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