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Title: Seattle prosecutor wants to dismiss pot tickets, says target black men
Post by: riky on September 23, 2014, 09:00:34 AM
Seattle prosecutor wants to dismiss pot tickets, says target black men

By Victoria Cavaliere SEATTLE (Reuters) - The city attorney's office called for the dismissal of every public marijuana use citation written in Seattle in the first seven months of the year, saying on Monday the ticketing process had exhibited a racial bias against black men. Washington state voted in 2012 to legalize the sale of cannabis to adults for recreational use but does not allow it to be used in public places, such as parks and streets. ...

Source: Seattle prosecutor wants to dismiss pot tickets, says target black men (http://news.yahoo.com/seattle-prosecutor-wants-dismiss-pot-tickets-says-target-192045580.html)