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Pubdate: Sat, 30 Apr 2016
Source: Orlando Sentinel (FL)
Copyright: 2016 Orlando Sentinel
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Website: http://www.orlandosentinel.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/325
Note: Rarely prints out-of-state LTEs.
Author: Lucresha Thomas
KUDOS FOR POT VOTE
Mayor Buddy Dyer and the city of Orlando recently passed, 4-3, the
initial vote to deprioritize arrests for possession of small amounts
of marijuana. I'm thankful for Dyer and Commissioners Regina Hill,
Patty Sheehan and Robert Stuart for their support of the ordinance.
I, unfortunately, left the City Council meeting feeling disappointed
in Commissioner Samuel Ings for voting against it.
We live in a society where young black men and boys have been a
target of the war on drugs. Ings argues that this policy would
tarnish the image of Orlando as a family vacation destination.
I find this not only offensive to our community but to the families
broken by the mass incarceration in his district. Marijuana is not
the problem, but the ordinance would reduce arrests. It's his job to
do right by the people of Orlando, and the ramifications will only
continue to affect people of color until they are changed.
We must continue this conversation as we head into the final vote on May 9.
Lucresha Thomas Orlando
MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom
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