Bill O’Reilly Wrong On Pot Arrests

Chris Hayes challenged Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night over the Fox News host’s claim about pot arrests. “Only dealers — there’s no mass arrest of users… they get a ticket,” O’Reilly had argued on Monday. “It is not a crime that is actively pursued by district attorneys.” On Tuesday, Hayes labeled O’Reilly a “marijuana truther,” who he described as conservatives who do not believe that people get arrested for possessing pot. He countered O’Reilly by pulling up 2012 FBI statistics that showed [...]

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