US: `Drug War' Unjust to African Americans

US: `Drug War' Unjust to African Americans

Two National Reports Detail Racial Disparity in Arrests and Imprisonment
In a 67-page report, "Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States," Human Rights Watch documents with detailed new statistics persistent racial disparities among drug offenders sent to prison in 34 states. All of these states send black drug offenders to prison at much higher rates than whites. Although whites commit more drug offenses, African Americans are arrested and imprisoned on drug charges at much higher rates, the report finds.