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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Because the intentions behind the war on drugs, at least IMO, aren't to put minorities in jail.
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That argument has been presented.
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Instead what should be neutral laws that treat everyone the same and only discriminate against drug users has failed because the people responsible for implementing the laws are flawed and allow their biases to effect the way in which the laws are enforced.
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This goes well beyond white cops and a black kids.
War-on-Drug funding goes to precincts based on the volume of drug arrests, it behooves a police station to patrol a poor neighborhood with homeless people doing crack in the street rather than organized drug crime.
Why?
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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Semantics maybe but IMO an important point to distinguish.
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I'm Mr. Semantic.
You aren't picking on a technicality, you're missing the breadth of the issue.