Its OK to carry small amount of pot in your pockets in NYC. Unless youre stopped for a stop and frisk and ordered to empty your pockets. In which case its in public view: The reason for that is due to a loophole in the Marijuana Reform Act of 1977, which — despite decriminalizing level-five marijuana possession for first-time offenders — made public and out-of-pocket possession a misdemeanor. New York City’s notorious stop-and-frisk program was designed to exploit this very loophole by giving police the authority to stop people, ask them to empty their pockets, and make an arrest if any marijuana is revealed. This has led to a rate of arrests for marijuana possession that is nine times higher for black people in Brooklyn and Manhattan than for white people in the same boroughs. Statewide, black people are 4.5 times more likely to be arrested for marijuana possession than white people. wagingnonviolence.org/feature/grassroots-power-shaping-new-yorks-marijuana-decriminalization-debate
Posted on: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 22:35:08 +0000
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