Of course, they were. From The Atlantic: "A former Drug Enforcement Administration agent says he was blocked from doing drug busts in the suburban parts of Washington, D.C. -- as in, the parts where white people live. U.S. Marshal Matthew Fogg, who is black, says 'I personally witnessed racially biased enforcement procedures when I ran a joint [Drug Enforcement Administration] task force....When I requested equal enforcement of upscale suburban areas, I met internal resistance,' published in a statement released by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. The group, working with Blacks in Government, is calling for a federal investigation into why more than half the people arrested for drug offenses are black, even though whites and blacks use drugs in equal amounts."
Former U.S. Marshal Says Suburban Drug Busts Were Verboten
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8/31/2011
Labels: Race, War On Drugs