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The city of Baltimore is still trying to sort out what to do after a video showed an officer planting drugs for an arrest. Before they can get to that, they need to figure out what to do about another video of a cop doing the exact same thing to someone else. 

Body cameras are finally starting to work as they’re meant to and exposing violations and illegal actions committed by police officers. The latest example comes from Baltimore where a police officer appears to have unknowingly recorded himself planting drugs before making an arrest. 

Teachers being adventurous and occasionally adding new things to the curriculum often leads to more well-rounded students. But there’s a line you just don’t cross. And a language arts teacher for a group of 8th graders at Burns Middle School left that line miles behind with a recent quiz she handed out. The 10-question quiz included […]

Blacks are far more likely to be arrested for selling or possessing drugs than whites, even though whites use drugs at the same rate.

In the art of debate, there’s only one result that feels better than an outright win – the long-delayed “I told you so.” Today, many people that have theorized that the “war on drugs” was designed specifically to target people of color appear to have their “I told you so” moment. In a 1994 interview with journalist […]

President Obama sat down with The Wire creator, David Simon, to discuss the hidden costs of the war on drugs. Take a look below: Photo: White House/Youtube

  The following article is from Brookings. It was written by Jonathan Rothwell. By: Jonathan Rothwell The social mobility of black Americans has suffered collateral damage from the “War on Drugs.” Being convicted of a crime has devastating effects on the employment prospects and incomes of ex-felons and their children, as my Brookings colleagues and other scholars have found.

The following post originally appeared on the Huffington Post. It was written by Glenn Martin and appears under the title of, “The War on Drugs Didn’t Fail Yesterday.” Glenn E. Martin is a national leader and criminal justice reform advocate who who spent six years in New York State prisons. He’s also the Founder and Chief Risk […]

Convicted rapist and murderer Clayton Lockett’s execution was botched to say the least. The death row inmate ended up struggling for 43 minutes against his straps before finally succumbing to a heart attack. Authorities decided to take a closer look at the cocktail of drugs used for execution of inmates. What they found was startling. 

According to a report released by the National Bureau of Economic Research, more than any other group, black job applicants are being denied by U.S. companies for jobs. Why? Because often, corporations assume that they are using illegal drugs. 

  According to a new report, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives used ‘rogue tactics’ when executing drug sting operations. Earlier this year when the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel exposed a failed ATF sting in Milwaukee, ATF officials told congress the incident was a case of inadequate supervision. Turns out that it wasn’t, and reporters […]

Chuck D: “The bottom line is this: Back when I was growing up, you couldn’t find a gun on anybody. Since 1980, the beginning of R&B, Reagan and Bush, there’s been nothing but guns and drugs in the Black community for the last 30-some-odd years.”