WASHINGTON (AP)- Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study. The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data, released last week, found that marijuana-arrest rates for blacks were 3.73 times greater than those for whites nationally in 2010. In some counties, the arrest rate was 10 to 30 times greater for blacks. In two Alabama counties, everyone arrested for marijuana possession was black, the ACLU said. [continues 294 words]
WASHINGTON (AP)- Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study. The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data, released Tuesday, found marijuana arrest rates for black people were 3.73 times greater than those for white people nationally in 2010. In some counties, the arrest rate was 10 to 30 times greater for blacks. In two Alabama counties, 100 percent of those arrested for marijuana possession were black, the ACLU said. [continues 396 words]
Use About the Same, but Group Cites Profiling in 2010 Figures WASHINGTON - Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union said in a study released Tuesday. File 2012/Getty ImagesThe guiding principle is "use of marijuana is a crime," says Jim Pasco of the National Fraternal Order of Police. The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data found marijuana arrest rates for blacks were 3.73 times greater than those for whites nationally in 2010. In some counties, the arrest rate was 10 to 30 times greater for blacks. In two Alabama counties, all those arrested for marijuana possession were black, the ACLU said. [continues 358 words]
WASHINGTON - Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study. The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data, released Tuesday, found marijuana arrest rates for black people were 3.73 times greater than those for white people nationally in 2010. In some counties, the arrest rate was 10 to 30 times greater for blacks. In two Alabama counties, 100 percent of those arrested for marijuana possession were black, the ACLU said. [continues 238 words]
Whites Use Drug Almost As Much WASHINGTON (AP)- Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study. The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data, released Tuesday, found marijuana arrest rates for black people were 3.73 times greater than those for white people nationally in 2010. In some counties, the arrest rate was 10 to 30 times greater for blacks. In two Alabama counties, 100 percent of those arrested for marijuana possession were black, the ACLU said. [continues 240 words]
Washington (AP) - Black people are arrested for possessing marijuana at a higher rate than white people, even though marijuana use by both races is about the same, the American Civil Liberties Union reports in a new study. The ACLU's analysis of federal crime data, released Tuesday, found marijuana arrest rates for black people were 3.73 times greater than those for white people nationally in 2010. In some counties, the arrest rate was 10 to 30 times greater for blacks. In two Alabama counties, 100 percent of those arrested for marijuana possession were black, the ACLU said. [continues 369 words]
WASHINGTON - Drug enforcement agents have arrested some 160 people in four U.S. cities and two countries and have broken up three major drug transportation rings with international ties in a 10-month drug- trafficking sting revealed Friday. The Drug Enforcement Administration said the people arrested were involved in 27 U.S. distribution groups that have moved enough methamphetamine into the United States to have provided the drug to more than 22,700 users a month. Arrests in the sting - dubbed Operation Three Hour Tour by the Drug Enforcement Administration - were made Thursday in Los Angeles, New York, New Haven, Conn., Des Moines, Iowa, the Dominican Republican and Colombia. Other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies also participated in the sting. More arrests could occur, the DEA said. [continues 166 words]
ASHINGTON -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Tuesday said he was unwilling to embrace proposals that would suspend the federal government's annual evaluation of Mexico's performance on fighting illegal drugs and drug trafficking. During a news conference with reporters outside the Capitol, Perry said he would look at legislation proposing moratoriums, including one sponsored by Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison of Texas. "I'd be hard pressed, without seeing some clear movement of progress, just unilaterally removing it without sitting down and seeing some clear direction from Mexico that they are making some progress, on not this, but some other issues," Perry said. [continues 344 words]
WASHINGTON -- Wanting to give Mexico a fresh start, Texas Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison has proposed calling a time out on the annual evaluation that the United States gives its southern neighbor on its drug-fighting performance. During a break in debate on China trade Thursday, Hutchison introduced a measure that would suspend the anti-drug certification process for Mexico next year. The State Department annually evaluates the drug fighting performance of other countries according to a congressional mandate. In theory, economic sanctions could be imposed if a country's performance is deemed inadequate. Despite feelings in Congress that Mexico has not done enough, it has not been decertified. [continues 439 words]
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Texas put people in prison at a faster rate than any other state during the last decade, but its crime rate is higher than other large states with smaller prison populations, according to a study being released Monday. The report by Justice Policy Institute, which supports alternatives to prison, showed that the Texas prison population's annual growth rate was 11.8 percent during the 1990s, which meant it added one in every five inmates to the nation's prisons. [continues 753 words]
State's inmate population rose annually by 11.8 percent in '90s WASHINGTON - Texas put people in prison at a faster rate than any other state during the last decade, but its crime rate is higher than other large states with smaller prison populations, according to a study being released today. The report by Justice Policy Institute, which supports alternatives to prison, showed that the Texas prison population's annual growth rate was 11.8 percent during the 1990s, which meant it added one in every five inmates to the nation's prisons. Meanwhile, the state's crime rate fell at half the national average and the least of any of the nation's five largest states. [continues 304 words]
By Suzanne Gamboa AmericanStatesman Staff REDFORD One by one, Maria De Luz Hernandez pulled the snapshots of her son, Ezequiel Hernandez Jr., from a tightly clasped envelope. Ezequiel atop his nameless horse in Presidio's last onion festival parade. Ezequiel smiling after helping his young niece fill a basket with Easter eggs they collected in the hills. Ezequiel handsome in a white westerncut tuxedo with a brilliant violet cummerbund he wore to his younger sister Becky's quinceanera. "I wanted you to see that he was a normal boy," Hernandez said, through tears that still flow a month after Ezequiel died. "He was just a normal boy." [continues 1844 words]
