Comments about \"The Drug War on African-Americans\"

The article \”The Drug War on African-Americans,\” in my personal experiences, lead me to agree with the perspective and facts laid out in the article, but I would like to add an additional point. Blacks are targeted in part because it is quite simply easier. The basis for my statement is the following: For various reasons, both historical and preferential, blacks tend to live in high- density urban areas, thus any illegal activities tend to occur in those same dense areas. In general, it is my belief that law enforcement finds it easier to target a community where illegal activities are bounded by finite geographical area, as opposed to traveling through cities and into the suburbs to find white counterparts. Also, the close proximity of illegal activities and their participants in urban settings creates fierce competition and violence, and the violence and the prevention efforts are the primary catalysts for increased police scrutiny. As a result, young people who would go unnoticed in suburban circles get caught up in the judicial system.

Damione Moody