Pete Buttigieg faced intense questioning at the DemDebate over his time as mayor in South Bend, Indiana, when arrests of black people for marijuana possession were four times higher than that of a white person.
Buttigieg disputed the claim during Friday night's debate saying,"the reality is, on my watch drug arrests were lower than the national average and specifically to marijuana, lower than Indiana."MORE: ABC News Democratic debate live updates: Candidates head into spin room
However, ABC News Live anchor Linsey Davis pressed on and said there was, in fact, an increase. Davis said when Buttigieg took office in 2012, the numbers had increased and were still up in 2018, the most recent year the number was recorded. The racial disparity in South Bend regarding marijuana arrests was higher than the rest of Indiana and higher than the rest of the nation, according to Davis.
Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg participates in the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020. Former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg participates in the eighth Democratic 2020 presidential debate at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S., February 7, 2020."Yeah.
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