The City of Philadelphia passed a measure that decriminalized possession of less than 30 grams of marijuana. However, issuing a ‘code violation’ instead of taking the person into custody is at the discretion of the officer. While most issue a code violation, some still do not. And those that do not are taking African American residents into custody at a rate of almost 5 times as often as non-African Americans. Per Philly.Com:

Black residents are still almost five times more likely to end up in custody for small amounts of weed.

According to that data from the Pennsylvania Uniform Crime Reporting System, 633 adults and 151 juveniles arrested for less than 30 grams of cannabis in 2015 by Philadelphia police.

Of the adults nabbed under the state misdemeanor for pot, 518 were African American (82 percent) and of the juveniles 112 were African American (74 percent).

I looked at demographic numbers, and African American residents make up 44.1% of Philadelphia’s population according to the 2010 census. There’s literally no excuse whatsoever for such a high arrest rate for African Americans, ESPECIALLY since there is now a public policy in place that allows law enforcement to issue a code violation rather than conducting an arrest for.......http://www.theweedblog.com/philadelphia-marijuana-decriminalization-african-american-taken-into-custody-higher-rate/

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