For many years incarcerated people, their family members, activists and organizers have called on people with power to use some of their authority to end the War on Drugs.
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Racially biased marijuana sting ends thanks to ‘justice warrior’
Nearly four years ago, the ACLU found Blacks in Minneapolis were 11 times more likely than Whites to be arrested for marijuana possession, despite similar usage rates. As one observer said to the Star Tribune on this latest sting, “They are locking up all these Blacks. What about the White people who are doing it?”