Black residents made up 97% of marijuana arrests in New York state capital

A year after Albany’s police chief vowed to examine racial disparities in marijuana arrests, 97% of people arrested or ticketed for pot offenses in the city since then have been Black. This is a city with a Black population of only 30%. Doesn’t this make you mad?  

https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/black-residents-made-up-97-of-marijuana-arrests-in-new-york-state-capital

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