Drug Law Enforcement in Cleveland Too-Black and White
Takepart Blog
Gina Teleroli
August 04, 2008
Gina Teleroli writes about the Lynch Report in Takepart Blog.
A horrifying result of the report lies in the fact below:
In 2005, 81 percent of all county drug arrests involved black people, despite the fact that only 27 percent of country residents are African-American. [ACLU]
Also revealed in the report is the significant fact that judges in non-white areas of Cuyahoga County are more likely to charge low-level drug law violations as felonies, whereas the judges in the white areas give the same offense the charge of a misdemeanor.