Aunque hace poco descriminalizaron la posesión de pequeñas cantidades. La policia de Nueva York conocida por sus estrictos controles anti-bareta acaba de sacar una nueva restricción anti arresto para las personas que posean cantidades pequeñas de marihuana cuando son requisadas. O sea, ya no puedes ser arrestado si te encuentran pequeñas cantidades cuando te revisan, al contrario si te pillan en el acto en pleno espacio público. Más ejemplos de autocontrol y liberación del grande negocio de las drogas para los gobiernos, sin necesidad de satanizar o prohibir.
New York City may soon shed its infamous reputation as the pot bust capital of the world. Police Commissioner Ray Kelly Monday issued an internal order to the NYPD telling officers they can no longer arrest people for marijuana possession in public view if the marijuana was not in public view before officers either searched the person and produced it or the person produced it after an officer’s demand that he empty his pockets.
Although New York state has decriminalized the possession of small amounts of marijuana, the NYPD has made a practice of stopping people — mainly young people of color — on the streets, searching them or demanding they empty their pockets, then charging them with possession in public view. Unlike simple pot possession, which is only a ticketable offense, possession in public view is an arrestable offense that typically results in a day-long stay in jail before the defendant can appear before a judge.
