Althouse: "When he ran for mayor, Bill de Blasio condemned police practices under which young black and Latino men were unfairly... charged with possessing tiny amounts of marijuana..."

October 25, 2014

"When he ran for mayor, Bill de Blasio condemned police practices under which young black and Latino men were unfairly... charged with possessing tiny amounts of marijuana..."

"But a new analysis of state data shows that low-level marijuana arrests during the de Blasio administration have continued at roughly the same level as under former Mayor Michael Bloomberg."

(NYT link.)

17 comments:

Scott said...: But what de Blasio promised made people feel good for him on election day, and that's all that matters.

We need to extend that phenomenon with national same day voter registration. Heck, let's just do away with voter registration entirely. Government by mob rule.; 10/25/14, 9:02 AM
mccullough said...: In other words, the police ignore deblasio.; 10/25/14, 9:43 AM
Sam L. said...: Not living up to his promises? Typical leftie.; 10/25/14, 9:54 AM
Mark said...: Surprise surprise.; 10/25/14, 10:12 AM
Fernandinande said...: Legal Marijuana Favored by 58% of Americans, 1% of Senators; 10/25/14, 10:37 AM
Anonymous said...: Dopers should be arrested. Marijuana leads directly to mental illness and heroin use. We need another drug warrior like Reagan to start busting the druggies and put them in prison where they belong.; 10/25/14, 10:40 AM
Wince said...: Dumping out the weed would seem like the penalty most proportional to the amount possessed.; 10/25/14, 11:02 AM
Humperdink said...: @Madisonfella. I think all lefties should be arrested. Or at a minimum, have the IRS go after them full bore.

I can dream, can't I?; 10/25/14, 11:32 AM
The Godfather said...: Do you mean I CAN'T keep my policy?; 10/25/14, 12:04 PM
Michael Fitzgerald said...: Hypocrisy, thy name is democrat.; 10/25/14, 12:51 PM
n.n said...: Political opportunism. So, what else is new? It's better that he was exposed sooner than later. If only to enable proper assessment of the situation.; 10/25/14, 12:54 PM
Beloved Commenter AReasonableMan said...: OpenID madisonfella said...
Dopers should be arrested. Marijuana leads directly to mental illness and heroin use. We need another drug warrior like Reagan to start busting the druggies and put them in prison where they belong.

I mean, what could go wrong? And, remember, only left wingers are authoritarians.; 10/25/14, 1:35 PM
damikesc said...: A Progressive....LIED?

I'm feeling faint over here!

And, remember, only left wingers are authoritarians.

I prefer muggers to Leftists. A mugger doesn't ask me to thank him and name shit after him when he robs me.; 10/25/14, 2:21 PM
Anonymous said...: I suggest you'd do well not to believe a word of that opinion article and assume the "facts" they give in the article aren't legitimate and are massaged to fit the narrative.

You'd do well to always assume the editorial board of the New York Times is always trying to pull one over on you. Even if you do disagree with the Mayor politically and see this as a good reason to attack him.

Don't believe the New York Times Editorial Board. That's foolish.; 10/25/14, 4:12 PM
one of the bobs said...: no one should be surprised. after bratton was appointed anyone who was awake suspected the status quo would be maintained to some extent.; 10/25/14, 8:23 PM
Big Mike said...: It's way easier to criticize a policy while you're still a candidate than to find a plausible alternative once you're the person in charge.

Cf. Barack Obama and Guantanamo; 10/25/14, 10:11 PM
Brando said...: My best hope for NYC is that DeBlasio turns out to be too pragmatic to follow through with his idiotic campaign promises, or else too ineffectual for it to matter.; 10/26/14, 6:35 PM