10-19-2016, 02:21 PM
(10-19-2016, 11:57 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: I get what you're saying. Do you know of any studies that separate out arrests of minorities for drug crimes without any other charges. Legitimately curious about that.
I'm not immediately aware of one but it would still miss the point. Street level drug trade invites far greater scrutiny because of the amount of ancillary crime it generates, thus arrests for simple possession will be much higher due to that level of scrutiny. Your possession arrests for middle, and especially upper, class users is almost always in conjunction with another offense such as intoxicated in public, DUI or other traffic offenses.
