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NYPD s Enforcement Of Marijuana Laws Still Plagued By Extreme Racial Disparities
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On March 4th of last year, Fitzroy Gayle was stopped by a plainclothes police officer in his neighborhood of Canarsie, Brooklyn. Video shows the 20-year-old, who is Black, begging to know why he was being detained. Moments later, close to a dozen NYPD officers sprinted toward the young man, tackling him to the ground as he cried out that he did nothing wrong.
An NYPD spokesperson later claimed that Gayle was approached after he was spotted with a lit marijuana cigarette inside a nearby park. He was charged with possession of marijuana, resisting arrest, and obstructing governmental administration.