Andre Shavers was sentenced to five years on felony probation after authorities burst into the house he was living in one of Oakland’s most heavily policed neighborhoods and found a quarter ounce of marijuana.
After the 2007 raid, Shavers couldn’t leave the state without permission.
Now Oakland and other cities and states with legal pot are trying to make up for the toll marijuana enforcement took on minorities by giving them a better shot at joining the growing marijuana industry.