Cops Arrest 63 Black People At Party For Little Bag Of Weed

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They just want excuses to throw black people in jail

People don't get arrested in Colorado for an ounce of weed. I love my state.

What are the chances the cops would arrest 63 white people over a bag of weed?

White people in my state have been arrested for weed... Nothing to do with skin color, it was the weed. Why is this a race issue and not legalization of weed issue?

**I did not watch the young turds video.

At least 63 people were arrested over the weekend on suspicion of possessing less than an ounce of marijuana after police were unable to identify the actual owner of the drug stash found at a house party in Cartersville, Georgia, over the weekend.

Cartersville police said they arrived at the party — billed as a lingerie-themed 21st birthday bash, according to WXIA-TV — about 2:20 a.m. Sun., Jan. 1, 2018, after receiving a 911 call about possible gunshots.

Police, who called in the county drug task force to assist in the investigation, said they found two firearms at the scene, including one that had been reported stolen in Detroit, as well as “several smoking devices” and “suspected cocaine.”

Officers also found less than an ounce of marijuana, reported the Cartersville Daily-Tribune. When no one admitted to owning the weed, everyone still at the party was arrested.

“All the subjects at the residence were placed under arrest for the possession of the suspected marijuana which was within everyone’s reach or control,” said the Bartow Cartersville Drug Task Force in a news release.

Citing jail records, the Daily-Tribune reported that 63 people arrested at the party who’d been processed at Bartow County jail by Monday night had all been charged with a single count of possession of less than 1 ounce of marijuana. The individuals arrested were predominantly black males ages 19 to 25. The Daily-Tribune said several of them were “prominent high school athletes.”

Four men were also booked on suspicion of felonies not related to drug possession, reported BuzzFeed News. Attendees told WXIA that the reported gunshots had been fireworks.

Deja Heard, the woman whose 21st birthday was being celebrated at the party, told WSB-TV that “all of us are innocent — it’s just not right.”

Some of the arrested partygoers reported being mistreated by police, telling WSB that they were “tied up with zip ties.” and “threatened with tasers.” Several men said they’d been “locked in cages.”

The Georgia NAACP said it was launching an investigation into the arrests. The organization has backed a GoFundMe campaign to raise funds for the arrested partygoers, described as the “Cartersville 70.”

“Some of these young people need money to make bail and all of them need assistance with their legal fees. A good majority of these individuals are college students and members of the U.S. military who were visiting home over the holiday break, and decided to attend a party to catch up with old friends while in town. Others were working citizens who lost their jobs the second they walked into work this morning,” the campaign page reads. “They need your help to bring justice and light to the unjust treatment these individuals experienced leading to and during their incarceration.”

In nearby Athens, Georgia, black individuals are 4.7 times more likely to be charged with a marijuana violation than white individuals, according to ThinkProgress. Nationwide, a black person is 3.73 times more likely to be arrested for a marijuana-related offense compared with someone who is white.

On Tue., Jan 2, Cartersville police said in a statement that they would be reviewing a “long-standing” department policy to call the county drug task force during drug investigations.

“It has been a long-standing policy of the Cartersville Police Department that drug investigations routine patrol officers encounter are referred to the Bartow Cartersville Drug Task Force. This current policy is now under review for any further drug investigations,” police said.

White people in my state have been arrested for weed... Nothing to do with skin color, it was the weed. Why is this a race issue and not legalization of weed issue?

**I did not watch the young turds video.

That bag of weed could only have belonged to one person among the 63 arrested, and yet all of them were taken in. Again, I suspect if the partiers had been white, the whole lot of them would never have been busted.
When my brother-in-law had a party at his house a few years before weed became legal here in Washington, and the cops found him in possession of a little pot, they did in fact search everyone's cars, but only he was arrested. And as far as I know, every single person present at that party had been white.

As for your later example of busts of 60 people in Georgia, cocaine use was suspected, and a stolen fire arm was found there, making it a compounded kind of situation in comparison.

It was less than an ounce of marijuana. Cenk Uygur and John Iadarola, hosts of The Young Turks, discuss. Tell us what you think in the comment section below.

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"Police in Cartersville, Georgia responded to a call of apparent gunshots on Saturday night, but what they found was a house party with nearly 100 people celebrating a 21st birthday.

When police arrived at the scene, something led them to believe there were drugs on the property. They reportedly entered the house without the permission of the partygoers, and after less than one ounce of marijuana was discovered by officers, 63 attendees were arrested and sent to jail because no claimed the drugs as theirs.”*

Hosts: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola

Cast: Cenk Uygur, John Iadarola

Sounds like cops identified the owner of the weed, your brother in law... When the weed is in the middle of the room and being smoked up. No one claims the weed, then everyone gets arrested and the courts sort it out. I known white potheads and everyone in the car gets arrested, because no on wanted to claim it.



Same party in the video...

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