AN ONLINE LIBRARY ABOUT MARIJUANA POSSESSION ARRESTS,
RACE AND POLICE POLICY IN NEW YORK CITY AND BEYOND

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NY City's Marijuana Possession Arrests
• JOURNALISM & COMMENTARY - update

• DOCUMENTING THE ARREST CRUSADE

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• SCANDALS OF THE NYPD - new

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• STOP & FRISK NYC (news excerpts) - update
 • STOP & FRISK REPORTS AND DATA  - update

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NYC MARIJUANA ARRESTS UP IN 2011

 

 

 

NYC Marijuana Possession Arrests 

 

Hit a ten-year high: 50,684

 

 

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10 YEARS OF MARIJUANA POSSESSION ARRESTS UNDER MAYOR BLOOMBERG

 

Total Arrests

Whites

Latinos

Blacks

All others

2002

44,111

6,324

14%

13,929

32%

22,949

52%

909

2%

2003

39,213

5,250

13%

12,254

31%

20,690

53%

1,019

3%

2004

27,944

2,468

9%

9,597

34%

15,310

55%

569

2%

2005

29,752

2,355

8%

9,998

34%

16,605

56%

794

3%

2006

31,925

2,584

8%

10,564

33%

17,990

56%

787

3%

2007

39,156

3,387

9%

13,114

34%

21,581

55%

1,074

3%

2008

40,383

3,959

10%

13,406

33%

21,954

54%

1,064

3%

2009

46,487

4,658

10%

15,291

33%

25,329

54%

1,209

3%

2010

50,383

5,493

11%

16,123

32%

27,177

54%

1,590

3%

2011

50,684

6,206

12%

16,413

32%

26,212

52%

1,853

4%

2002-11

400,038

42,684

 

11%

130,689

33%

215,797

54%

10,868

3%

 

 

 

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