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"To violate equal-protection, something has to be unequal." Like, say, incarceration rates.

• lisper 11y ago
  Not sure I get your meaning here. People who break the law are incarcerated more than people who don't break the law. That's not an equal protection violation.
  • dllthomas 11y ago
    I was speaking of racial disparities in incarceration rates for marijuana possession, despite no similar disparity in usage rates. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/the-blackwhite-marijuana-arrest-gap-in-nine-charts/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/06/04/t...
    • lmm 11y ago
      That seems to be missing a comparison with dealing rates - aren't arrests mostly targeting dealers rather than users?