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Hemp Cigarette Arrest Sparks Lawsuit | Charlotte News
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Anthony Lee, arrested at a bus stop last year for allegedly smoking marijuana, is now suing Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, claiming the arrest was unlawful—despite him and his fiancée insisting they were using a legal hemp cigarette. Officers struck his fiancée multiple times, and the lawsuit argues there was no evidence the product was marijuana, highlighting a troubling pattern of racial bias in CMPD’s misdemeanor marijuana arrests.
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