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05/05/2008 10:51 PM
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Report Copyright Violation | Leave That Hustla' Alone:>Studies: Racial disparity in drug cases among nation's worst More than 25 years after the Reagan Administration declared America's war on drugs, two studies published today conclude that the battle has been pitched largely in African American communities and that African Americans bear a disproportionate brunt of its collateral damage. The studies, one by The Sentencing Project and the other by Human Rights Watch, found:
Blacks in Wisconsin are 42 times more likely than whites to receive prison terms for drug convictions. Wisconsin has the highest racial disparity in drug sentencing in the nation.
Blacks in Milwaukee are seven times more likely to be arrested for a drug offense than whites. Milwaukee has the second highest racial disparity for drug arrests among all major U.S. cities.
Nationally, the rate of drug arrests of African Americans in 43 of the nation's largest cities increased 225% since 1980, compared to 70% among whites.
"The alarming increase in drug arrests since 1980, concentrated among African Americans, raises fundamental questions about fairness and justice," writes Ryan S. King, policy analyst for The Sentencing Project and author of its report, "Disparity by Geography: The War on Drugs in America's Cities."
The report examines data from 43 of the nation's largest cities between 1980 and 2003.
"But even more troubling," King writes, "is the fact that these trends come not as the result of higher rates of drug use among African Americans, but, instead, the decision by local law officials about where to pursue drug enforcement."
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Yeah,Like maybe in The Fuc*ing Ghetto's?
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