Offset could face *life in prison* for non-violent marijuana and gun possession. He‘s being targeted by a racist criminal justice system. Lemme break it down for a second... (1/x)
Yesterday, Offset was stopped by Clayton County GA police for an “improper lane change.” Data shows police are more likely to stop (and then search) black drivers. Would he have been stopped if he were white? Less likely. It gets worse from there... (2/x) openpolicing.stanford.edu/findings/
After police stopped Offset, they used his felony conviction as “probable cause” to search his vehicle. What did he get convicted of before this? Marijuana possession and gun possession (again). But it gets worse still...
Offset is on probation for his last drug and gun possession case. He’s not the only one: Georgia puts more people on probation than any other state. And since this would be his 3rd felony, under Georgia’s 3 strikes law it could be life in prison. (3/x) prisonpolicy.org/reports/50stat… 
So you have a system that can imprison you for life for the acts of smoking marijuana, carrying a gun for protection (which any reasonable person might do in his situation given the threats they face), a property crime back in 2013, and changing lanes in a car.
Offset could be permanently separated from his newborn child and his wife @iamcardib for non-violent offenses that he was more likely to be stopped, searched, arrested for, charged, and convicted for because of his race.
Marijuana wouldn’t even be an offense in a range of other states (states that just happen to have fewer black residents).
And by the way this is an example of how some gun control laws can lead to even more mass incarceration for black people.
