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Can't help but think that if marijuana decriminalization/legalization finally happens, law enforcement will be rooting around for other low hanging fruit. Seems
by ncphil 5y ago
Can't help but think that if marijuana decriminalization/legalization finally happens, law enforcement will be rooting around for other low hanging fruit. Seems like this just might fit the bill. Imagining heavily armed SWAT teams breaking down the doors of call centers and swarming in. On that happy note...
- micromacrofoot 5y agobased on how law enforcement has worked historically it probably depends on the racial demographics and political leanings of the perpetrators
- MisterBastahrd 5y agoThen they're in luck, because call center employees have exactly the demographics you would expect at low-paying jobs with high turnover, long hours and no benefits.
- yeetaccount4 5y agoI’ve met plenty of people across the spectrum for minor (and a few major) drug offences. None of them were rich though.
- dhosek 5y agoAlthough possession of a joint will end up with harsher penalties if you're black or Latino than if you're white.
- dvtrn 5y agoRaises hand First hand statistic attesting to it, watched it happen right before my eyes in a Texas court (except the other kid was being charged with his second DUI).
- kova12 5y agoYou also need to decriminalize heroin, meth, and crack cocaine among others before feds would start looking for more work
- wolrah 5y ago> You also need to decriminalize heroin, meth, and crack cocaine among others before feds would start looking for more work Cops specifically love weed being illegal because they can "smell weed" and use that as a justification for a lot of things.