Sentences with phrase «color for marijuana possession»

NEW YORK - A City Council meeting got heated Monday over claims the NYPD targets people of color for marijuana possession arrests.

Not exact matches

This usually crops up when young people of color are asked to empty their pockets by police (yes, even now that the NYPD has reduced the frequency of stop - and - frisks); in 2010, the state arrested more than 100,000 people for marijuana possession, leaving more reactionary destinations like Texas in the dust.

While marijuana arrests have dropped significantly since the mayor took office, 86 percent of the people arrested for marijuana possession in the fifth degree during 2017 were people of color; 48 percent were black and 38 percent were Hispanic.

The vast majority of people who are arrested for marijuana possession are of color, while usage of whites is largely at comparable levels, Nixon said.

Cops continued to arrest more black and Latino New Yorkers for marijuana possession last year because the most complaints about people smoking pot came from neighborhoods of color, a top NYPD official told the City Council Monday.

A misdemeanor arrest for marijuana possession, which happen more often to young people of color, can hurt their chances of getting a job or qualifying for student loans.