Kodak Black is once again in the spotlight due to a new arrest warrant issued in Broward County. The warrant accuses Black of failing to submit to mandated drug and alcohol testing on June 9, a key condition of his pre-trial release program.
Kodak Black was arrested on July 16, 2022 on charges of trafficking Oxycodone and possessing a controlled substance without a prescription but was released on a $75,000 bond the following day.
The rapper had been ordered earlier this year to spend 90 days in a treatment program for violating his supervised release terms in a federal gun case. This came after he reportedly failed a drug test, which prompted a court hearing.
The latest arrest warrant for Black comes as the rapper has been thrust into the national spotlight due to the disparity between his sentence and that of Hunter Biden’s, son of President Joe Biden, for lying on a federal form for a gun application.
Both Kodak Black and Hunter Biden had pleaded guilty to illegally owning a gun while abusing drugs after denying drug use when applying for their gun permits. However, Black was sentenced to more than three years in prison, while Biden made a plea deal to avoid jail time.
Black’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, and a number of prominent conservatives have openly criticized the discrepancy in sentencing. They argue that similar offenses have led to jail time for individuals like Black, while Biden has avoided such a fate.
“With Kodak, not only did he get the 46 months after he got the sentence commuted, the FBI agent that investigated him and arrested him for that charge continues to stop him to try to harass him,” Cohen told Sean Hannity before the most recent arrest warrant was issued.
“He reported him to Homeland Security for carrying more than $10,000 in cash,” Cohen added. “So not only a two-tiered justice system, it might even be a three-tiered system.”
The public and legal scrutiny of Black’s case comes amid a broader national debate about racial and social disparities in the U.S. criminal justice system, with many pointing to this case as an example of a perceived two-tiered justice system.
