Marijuana law just creates criminals

In the article "Marijuana law just creates criminals" by Hakeem Jeffries talks about how it’s expensive and racist to arrest people for small amounts of marijuana. As Jeffries points out to help that cause is "50,000 people was arrested in 2011 for small amounts of marijuana, the majority of them were black and Latino." New York City spends about 75$ million dollars a year arresting people for marijuana possession. Most of the people are being stop under the "stop and frisk" policy which can be unjustified. It’s really a waste of time and the police have better things to worry about then people smoking weed. The people who are getting arrested didn't have it out in the open, and wasn't selling it so I don't see the problem.The problem is not going away but I'm not saying we should encourage it. As Jeffries say "Despite this change in law, arrests for small quantities of marijuana over the last decade have skyrocketed, with more than 400,000 people arrested and unceremoniously run through the criminal justice system. Marijuana possession is now the No. 1 arrest category in New York." I think they probably going to legalize it soon away, they already have certain laws about it so just save the money we could use it. Its getting legalized in other states recently like Colorado and Washington.

Fourth man accuses ex-Elmo puppeteer of sex abuse

In the article "Fourth man accuses ex-Elmo puppeteer of sex abuse" by Kell Kennedy talks about how  Kevin Clash resigned from Sesame Street last month after voicing the puppet Elmo for 28 years after another man sued for sexual abuse allegations. The victim is the fourth man to accuse Kevin for under age sexual activity. The three legal actions filed so far have been civil cases seeking financial compensation but the latest victim could involve criminal charges because the lawsuit claims Kevin transported him across state lines for sexual activity. "These are all vulnerable boys. None of them had father figures in their lives and they were looking for that father figure," said Herman, who represents three of the alleged victims.Herman said he's been contacted by several other possible victims and is vetting their cases. "We're confident in the actions that we took, but because this is now an issue between litigants, we're not going to comment further," said Ellen Lewis, a publicist for Sesame Street. I think this is fake and they all just want some money, one of them was suing for more then a million dollars. all the victims are at least 21 years old and older so why wait so long to finally report it. If it did happen they all knew what they was doing when engaging in those sexual acts. Why are all the victims represented by the same person. I do think Kevin Clash quitting and not responding yet is a little suspect. I just wondering who their going to get to puppeteer Elmo now.