The ACLU has a new report out on marijuana arrests and racial disparities among those arrests across the country, and the raw numbers are staggering—especially in Cook County. While it is the second-biggest U.S. county by population, the numbers still have the ability to surprise. The biggest county in the U.S. is Los Angeles County, with a population of almost ten million; Cook County has a bit more than five million people. And Cook County had more than twice as many arrests for marijuana possession, a rate of 91 per day.
(link below)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/June-2013/Cook-County-The-Most-Marijuana-Arrests-in-the-Country/
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
COOK COUNTY HAS MOST MARIJUANA ARREST IN AMERICA
The ACLU has a new report out on marijuana arrests and racial disparities among those arrests across the country, and the raw numbers are staggering—especially in Cook County. While it is the second-biggest U.S. county by population, the numbers still have the ability to surprise. The biggest county in the U.S. is Los Angeles County, with a population of almost ten million; Cook County has a bit more than five million people. And Cook County had more than twice as many arrests for marijuana possession, a rate of 91 per day.
(link below)
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/The-312/June-2013/Cook-County-The-Most-Marijuana-Arrests-in-the-Country/
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