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>What if a certain group of laws (say drug laws) was created specifically so police could target certain minorities?

Could you point to such a law or even better cite a paragraph from such a law where you feel it targets certain minorities? How do police officers from minority background do their job?




Are you not aware of the sentencing disparities between crack and cocain?

Also the war on drugs started under the Nixon admin was an intentional effort to target black people and anti-war activists.

https://www.businessinsider.com/nixon-adviser-ehrlichman-ant...


Could you provide a link to a law that requires harsher sentencing for black people (specific paragraph would be appreciated)? Do you also have statistics on how harsh judges from different races are towards black people when sentencing?




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