"Driving
While
Black"
Lawsuit
Grows
10/16/98
Seven new plaintiffs have
joined the American Civil Liberties Union's lawsuit against the Maryland
State Police for race-based selection of African American motorists for
traffic stops, and the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a Friend of
the Court brief in support of the plaintiffs. Read more about it
on the ACLU web site at http://www.aclu.org/news/n100898a.html,
and check out the rest of the ACLU's redesigned web site, including their
new drug policy section.
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Issue #63, 10/16/98
Why DRCNet? | Federal Judge Orders Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Club Shut Down -- City to Consider Providing Marijuana to Patients | Oregon Poll: Reform Positions Hold Lead | Pain Went Up Sharply Among Oregon's Dying in Late 1997 | Swiss Okay Controlled Heroin Distribution | Oklahoma Police Chief Threatens Harassment of Man Who Opposes the Drug War | Marijuana Ranks Fourth Largest Cash Crop in America Despite Prohibition | Social Concern a Sign of Teen Drug Use? Ask Orrin Hatch | Car Seizure Law Upheld in Oakland | "Driving While Black" Lawsuit Grows | Web News | Editorial: Putting People Before Ideology
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