Racist Pot Prosecution in Louisiana | Best Black News:
"Although whites and Blacks use marijuana at roughly equal rates, Blacks are far more likely to be arrested for possession.
In Louisiana, the racial bias in prosecution is extreme.
“In Tangipahoa Parish, blacks are 11.8 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana than whites and in St. Landry Parish the rate of black arrests for marijuana is 10.7 times as likely as whites.”"
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