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teryang

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Sun Apr-23-06 10:08 AM
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7. Racist and police state oriented - drug offenses

Edited on Sun Apr-23-06 10:51 AM by teryang

...particularly marijuana because it opens wide the door to erosion of 4th Amendment guarantees. The odor of burnt cannibis, is the mantra that places so many persons of color in prison. That smell justifies detainment and search of anyone, but it just so happens that 75 percent of males in prison for drug offenses are minorities.

I posted an article from globalresearch.org on the discussion board that has stunning data on drug offenders in prison:

Jim Crow Incarceration Nation

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=1002356&mesg_id=1002356

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