marijuana arrests
Pot Arrests Have Plummeted in New York — But Minorities Are More Likely to Get Busted
Of the 12,530 people arrested for low-level marijuana possession in New York City so far this year, more than 11,000 were black or Hispanic.
NYPD to Stop Making Arrests for Simple Possession of Marijuana
Starting this month, NYPD cops will issue summons tickets instead of making ruinous low-level pot arrests.
Britain's Upper Classes Are Less Likely to Be Busted for Drugs
Thanks to a focus on statistics, London cops have taken to making easy arrests for marijuana possession, and a lack of real engagement with the communities they police has made officers disconnected from the poor people who get stopped and searched.
Don’t Worry—There’s No Epidemic of Cop Killers on the Horizon
The killing of two Las Vegas police officers by an unhinged armed couple with an interest in extreme right-wing rhetoric was a shocking incident, but in truth it's safer to be a cop in America now than it's ever been.
Stop-and-Frisk Is Not the End of the Fight Against Racist Policing
Lowering the number of stop-and-frisks has a negligible effect at best on the problem of marijuana arrests, even under Mayor Bill de Blasio.
