Spotlight! Symposium: Yanet Amanuel
People Over Profit
Location
Online
Spotlight! Symposium: Yanet Amanuel – Online Event
Date & Time
October 28, 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Description
People Over Profit: What it will take to end the war on marijuana and achieve police accountability
The discussion will focus on the intersection of the war on drugs, mass incarceration, and police reform. I will explain how as more states begin to legalize marijuana in an effort to" end the war on drugs," what ends up happening is there are more racial disparities in arrests than prior to decriminalization and legalization. Mainly due to the failure to expand redress efforts to "violent offenses" and reform police practices (and the failure to achieve community control of policing). I will share examples of the work and legislation we are working on in Maryland to address these issues and the challenges we continue to face.
