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A new report by Human Rights Watch, Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States , found that blacks are arrested and imprisoned for drug-related crimes at a much higher rate than whites, although whites commit more drug offenses.
According to the report, a black man is 12 times more likely to be sent to prison for a drug offense than a white man and a black ...
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... [image] A new report by Human Rights Watch called "Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States," found that blacks are arrested and imprisoned for drug-related crimes at a much higher rate than whites, although whites commit more drug offenses. According to the report, a black man is 12 times more likely to be sent to prison for a drug offense than a white man. A black woman is five times more likely to go to jail than a white woman. A recent report by the Pew Charitable Trusts also found that one in 15 black men are locked up in the U.S. ...
