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Cory Booker: If you are an African American, you are multiple times more likely to be stopped for suspicion of using drugs than if…

On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
If you are an African American, you are multiple times more likely to be stopped for suspicion of using drugs than if you are not an African American.
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Cory Booker
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Booker highlights racial disparities in drug-related arrests in the criminal justice system.

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