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RKP5637

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5. Americas' four worlds! Black vs. White. And Haves vs. Have-nots. Often worlds apart for about

Reply to The Straight Story (Original post)

Thu Nov 22, 2012, 10:38 AM

Nov 2012

everything. Yep, drug laws are for them, but not for us.

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DEA Agent Says He Was Told Not To Enforce Drug Laws In White Areas [View all] The Straight Story Nov 2012 OP

"I'm shocked, shocked I tell you" hobbit709 Nov 2012 #1

Who's surprised? Not me, certainly. Scuba Nov 2012 #2

I believe it. I've witnessed it. Romulox Nov 2012 #3

K&R think Nov 2012 #4

Americas' four worlds! Black vs. White. And Haves vs. Have-nots. Often worlds apart for about RKP5637 Nov 2012 #5

I'd say three. I've found that race is largely irrelevant among the haves. Black, white, asian, Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #35

That's a very good point! "... race is largely irrelevant among the haves." I think we see that RKP5637 Nov 2012 #36

The War on Drugs is the modern Jim Crow. Why are so few talking about it? nt Romulox Nov 2012 #6

Because freedom is nothing more than a slogan on a t-shirt Major Nikon Nov 2012 #8

As Patrick Mcgoohan said: "Freedom is a myth". stlsaxman Nov 2012 #10

Yes - this needs to be talked about ----- northoftheborder Nov 2012 #7

Hence why i've always been drug free... willhe Nov 2012 #9

There are several things that I would do to the Constitution tomorrow if I had the opportunity 47of74 Nov 2012 #23

I'd like to tell all kids, black, white or otherwise, that media culture is designed to HiPointDem Nov 2012 #30

re:DEA Agent Says He Was Told Not To Enforce Drug Laws In White Areas allan01 Nov 2012 #11

I've know many, many, white people to be arrested and harrassed for drugs or the suspicion bloomington-lib Nov 2012 #12

That's not really suburban level then...if these people are at poverty level. vaberella Nov 2012 #15

A suburb is the hinterland of a city. They're not necessarily upscale. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #31

But with poverty stricken area? vaberella Nov 2012 #33

the nyt says a little different. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #34

I don't think the laws have been applied evenly... AlbertCat Nov 2012 #16

I used to call it "DWP" -- driving while poor Patiod Nov 2012 #17

Racial Profiling kartski Nov 2012 #24

Quelle Surprise !!! marmar Nov 2012 #13

Prohibition NOLALady Nov 2012 #14

It DID work the first time, and it's working now. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #19

+1000 Arctic Dave Nov 2012 #26

+1. HiPointDem Nov 2012 #32

Everyone knows white people don't commit crime. AllyCat Nov 2012 #18

PROSPEROUS white people con't commit crime. Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #21

K&R nt ProudProgressiveNow Nov 2012 #20

I Thought Racial Profiling Didn't Exist Dirty Socialist Nov 2012 #22

If true, all drug convictions against black people should be vacated with prejudice. Festivito Nov 2012 #25

Blame 'Drug-Free School ZONE' laws. They are the mechanism generating most of the racial disparity ProgressiveEconomist Nov 2012 #27

I wonder if this is the same "Batman" I almost went to jail for, for blowing his cover in Homestead, Ghost in the Machine Nov 2012 #28

Rec. progressoid Nov 2012 #29

K&R.. butterfly77 Nov 2012 #37