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Kuros
Joined: 27 Apr 2004
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 Posted: Tue Mar 19, 2013 5:33 pm Post subject: A Million Hours |
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NYPD spent one million hours arresting marijuana users
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The findings by the Drug Policy Alliance, which favors the decriminalization of the substance, was done at the request of members of the city council and the state legislature.
It shows that between 2002 and 2012, with Mayor Michael Bloomberg at the helm of the metropolis, 439,056 people were arrested for the possession of marijuana. Eighty-five percent were young blacks and Latinos.
Considering that one police officer takes at least two and a half hours to process such arrests � returning to the police station, gathering information, writing up a report, taking fingerprints, photos, etc � that adds up to more than a million hours of work on the matter, the report said.
�That is the equivalent of having 31 police officers working eight hours a day, 365 days a year, for 11 years, making only marijuana possession arrests,� the group said, highlighting that during this time officers don�t devote themselves to dealing with other 'serious crime.' |
A waste.
No word on how long New York prosecutors spent investigating bank fraud. |
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ttompatz
Joined: 05 Sep 2005
Location: Kwangju, South Korea
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The war on drugs has been about as effective as prohibition was in "curbing the problem" of those "immoral behaviors" and just as profitable for the "bad guys".
Another lost cause for the moral majority worrying more about what the "other guy is doing" rather than focusing on ethical issues (banks anyone?).
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rollo
Joined: 10 May 2006
Location: China
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| Posted: Wed Mar 20, 2013 12:07 am Post subject: |
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| Well the stupidity is ending. Nevada is likely to join Washington state and Colorado in legalizing. Vegas will be buzzing. |
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