Sentences with phrase «people for marijuana possession»

A spokesman for Mr. Bloomberg rejected the notion that the Police Department acted with racial bias in arresting people for marijuana possession.

The New York Police Department arrested 18,136 people for marijuana possession in 2016, a 9 percent increase from 2015, according to data provided by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

2/06/17 --» Marijuana Arrests in City Increase, with large racial disparities» — Politico's Brendan Cheney: «The New York Police Department arrested 18,136 people for marijuana possession in 2016, a 9 percent increase from 2015, according to data provided by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

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.

The NYPD arrested 18,136 people for marijuana possession in 2016 — a 9 percent increase from 2015, according to data provided by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services.

Not exact matches

They are also three times more likely to arrest black people rather than issue a citation for marijuana possession and CMPD is 76 percent white.

The crucial point is that any act, which reduced the sentencing for, say, possession of marijuana would have to explicitly state that it is being applied retroactively in order to automatically release people from prison (a physical and administrative act that, itself, may take a while).

The group also is seeking the legalization of marijuana, saying the prosecutions and convictions of low - level pot possession can harm a person's future chances for a good job.

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.

But it does not turn over individuals arrested for low - level crimes such as possession of small amount of marijuana or blowing a stoplight without damaging people or property, or even for more serious nonviolent violations like money laundering, grand larceny or harassment.

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.

NYC arrested 16,925 people last year for low - level marijuana possession and smoking in public, a decline of only 1 percentage point from the previous year's total of 17,097, even though de Blasio said he would cut down on arrests.

While federal law still makes the possession, production and sale of marijuana a crime, Holder's announcement means the Justice Department won't file lawsuits against state laws in Colorado and Washington that allow people to possess marijuana for personal use.

This whole medicinal pot issue is a little thorny, since marijuana is illegal under federal law — period, end of story, even in states that have passed legislation or ballot initiatives making the drug legal for use by people who are sick, those individuals are still subject to arrest by federal officials for possession or cultivation.

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.

Gabriel Sayegh, New York state director for the Drug Policy Alliance, said 50,683 people in the city were arrested for the lowest level of marijuana possession in 2011.

Still, he maintained «90 percent» of the young people in Rikers aren't there for minor offenses like marijuana possession.

The group is also seeking the legalization of marijuana, saying the prosecutions and convictions of low level pot possession can harm a person's future chances for a good job.

Questions in the off - topic portion of the Q&A included the role of Mayor de Blasio's wife, Chirlane McCray, and her having City staff, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos» criticism of de Blasio's involvement in recent senate elections, whether de Blasio supports a tax on grocery bags, an update on the recent change in NYPD practice on marijuana possession, why the average person should care about conditions on Rikers Island (an on - topic question, but posed during this off - topic portion of the press conference), whether de Blasio is troubled by Al Sharpton's tax troubles, what the expected executive action President Obama on immigration will mean for the City, an update on the City's municipal ID program, preparations for a rally being organized by Al Sharpton upon the completion of the Ferguson grand jury, a possible mail - in response for marijuana summonses and whether mayor supports regulating costumed characters in Times Square.

The report outlines a series of first steps, including holding fewer people on bail; expanding diversion programs for drug offenders and those with mental illness; and changing state law to treat some low - level offenses — like fare - beating, marijuana possession in public view, prostitution and possession of so - called gravity knives — as civil rather than criminal matters.

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

He also said that NYPD reduced marijuana arrests by about 38,000 since four years ago and that the city stopped arresting people for low - level possession.

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.

«Some of our police officers are making race - based discretionary decisions on who they're going to arrest for low - level marijuana possession,» said Leroy Gadsden, the president of a branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in Jamaica, Queens, and the chairman of the criminal justice committee for the statewide N.A.A.C.P. «Therefore, of course, if you're a young, black male, even a female, you're going to feel that you're being targeted when you notice that your white counterparts are not being arrested for the same thing.»

Wading into the debate over stop - and - frisk police tactics, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo plans to ask legislators on Monday for a change in New York State law that would drastically reduce the number of people who could be arrested for marijuana possession as a result of police stops.

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American border officials treat a drug conviction as a «crime of moral turpitude», whcih makes a person inadmissible into the U.S. Therefore it is imperative to avoid a conviction when charged, even it is for the possession of a single joint of marijuana.

«Some people think that if they get arrested for a drug offense, such as trafficking in a controlled substance or possession of marijuana, that their goose is cooked.

There is also a misconception that people are not charge or prosecuted for possession marijuana; they are — at an ever increasing rate.

And they continue to seek criminal records, and sometimes jail time, for people charged with simple possession of marijuana for their own use.

The court of appeals first noted that Amendment 64 legalized possession for personal use of marijuana of one ounce or less by persons 21 or older.

The standard HO - 4 policy includes language that payment will not be made for losses «[a] rising out of the use, sale, manufacture, delivery, transfer, or possession by any person of a Controlled Substance (s) as defined by [the FDA...] include but are not limited to... marijuana and all narcotic drugs.