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Over the last few days I’ve gotten a number of threatening comments because I do not believe that marijuana possession should be used as probable cause for stops and we need to work to limit police/civilian interactions. Let’s dive into the data/public policy on this.
The thing is, the data and work around best police practices agrees with me. We have to start cutting back on the War on Drugs and the interactions it produces that fray public trust: washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-co…
A Harvard economist writes “But having more encounters with police officers, even with officers entirely free of racial bias, can create a greater risk of a fatal shooting.” nytimes.com/2015/10/18/ups… NYTimes: Police Killings of Blacks: Here Is What the Data Say
