Cenk Uygur
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New York Still Arresting People For Weed
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August 23, 2017
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6:30Now PlayingMayor de Blasio said he would put a stop to it but it keeps happening. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian, the hosts of The Young Turks, break it down. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.
“Despite Mayor Bill de Blasio's repeated promises to end arrests for low-level marijuana possession, the NYPD is on track to arrest tens of thousands of pot-smoking New Yorkers this year, with enforcement once again overwhelmingly centered on minority communities.
New data from the Legal Aid Society, the city's primary public defender organization, shows just a 3.9 percent decrease in marijuana arrests since the beginning of 2016. Lawyers for the Legal Aid Society say that they've handled 5,934 marijuana cases involving misdemeanor charges and violations since the start of this year, compared to 6,180 during the same period in 2016.
The Legal Aid Society's figures track closely with overall NYPD arrest data, which showed 9,968 arrests for marijuana possession, down just 5 percent from the corresponding period last year.
"As New York City's primary public defender organization with operations in all five boroughs, our numbers speak for themselves," Legal Aid Society spokesperson Redmond Haskins told Gothamist. "As long as City Hall enforces broken windows policing, these arrests will unfortunately continue to happen and disproportionately impact communities of color.”
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