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This Really Puts the Racial Divide of U.S. Drug Arrests Into Perspective

Prepare to get frustrated, even though you know this.

Image via Vox

At this point, it should be common knowledge that, despite the fact that blacks use drugs at similar rates as whites, they're subject to more arrests. Far more.

Citing 2009 data from Human Rights Watch, Vox helped illustrate the massive gap in drug-related arrests between the two races:

Furthermore, Vox argued that many who defend these findings say police are using "drug crime as a proxy for violent crime":

[via Vox]

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