Posted on 05/06/2010 6:42:17 PM PDT by Copernicus
Watch this video at your peril. You will rethink every good thought you ever had about Modern Compliance Enforcement Officers (MCEO).
Yes, they shot the dog. Again and again and again. As the crackshots they invariably are, it took four rounds to com
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Will it be the illegal light bulbs, the noxious smoke from the BBQ, the meat in the frig, the American flag flying in the yard, or their attitude toward perverts that gets their dogs killed & their kids traumatized & stolen by the state?
And how will these police tactics escalate, as they always have? We've gone from a knock & a warrant, or a bullhorn, to a battering ram & a military style home invasion. A villager in Afghanistan likely gets more consideration during a search by our military. If the safety of the officers is paramount over our rights & freedoms, soon they will be demanding the occupants exit the building or the cops will torch the building? Oh yeah, our Attorney General already did that in Waco.
If the dogs are being shot now, who or what will they shoot next, just to insure their safety, of course? Haven't we exchanged the servant for the master?
If the gov’t can tell you what you may & may not consume, & enforce it by invading your home & destroying or taking your property, then I'd say we no longer live in a free society, but rather live in WAY more tyranny than the British EVER imposed on us. At least the British only wanted to tax our behavior.
Our ruling class, on both sides of the aisle, wants to dictate every aspect of our lives, & a good portion of people here in America & at FR are all for it, just so long as THEIR behavior is not questioned. Your turn will come, be assured of that, & remember to sing “God bless America” as you are led away in cuffs. If not you, then your descendants.
IMO, anyone who still supports the WOD is complicit in the destruction of freedom in this country, & deserves the tyranny that is the result. I rank their love of freedom right up there with anybody in the Obama administration.
Excellent point. They’ll take, “I was just following orders”, to, “I never thought anyone would give me an unlawful order.”
The caliber of police officers hired has gone down drastically in the last 30 years.....now they let felons be cops in some area’s...
shooting dogs, penned no less, is a design to weed out the guys with no stomach for the kill...
when ya line up a trench with humans, ya need someone on the trigger that has proven his bones...
I have family that are cops and know a number of veteran cops. They are good people even if a bit “blue liners”, but we seem to have a number of cops at all levels looking to play with their toys and are power hungry.
Jesus turned the water to wine, so getting “high” is clearly not immoral, at least not for Christians.
The problem is not using drugs, it is SOME people's BEHAVIOR when they are high. Aggressive, disruptive, &/or irrational behavior is unacceptable in public places, stoned or not. I say some people because not all drunks are a public nuisance, just as not all recreational drug users are raving lunatics when they are high.
Criminally prohibiting a substance because it MIGHT harm some people is as dumb as no peanuts on an airline. I wonder how many people violate that prohibition by bringing their own peanuts? Should they be arrested? If someone gets a whiff of your nuts & dies, is that your fault?
You mentioned our methods of dealing with drug ABUSERS during the 50s. I agree with you, it was a better way. Public ridicule & ostracizing worked far better then than our current system does now. But think about it. Not all drug abusers were shunned, but only those who were disruptive. The rich old ladies getting snockered every week at the bridge party weren't disruptive, so nobody shunned them. The wounded war veteran down the street wasn't bothering anyone, yet he took narcotics every day. Nobody wanted to kick in his door.
The drug war is misplaced. The problem is behavior. What threatens you more: A group of stoners eating a pizza & watching a movie; a coke party with people laughing, talking, & dancing in a private home; or a sober bunch of terrorists building a bomb in their garage? Whose door needs to be kicked in?
Now, if those stoners or snorters or chuggers get in the car & go reeling down the road, or beat their wife or girlfriend, then that is a matter for the police. But it is their individual behavior that is the problem. They have failed in their PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY as a human & a citizen.
If an individual cannot control himself or his addiction, then he/she has a health problem, likely mental. Putting them in jail will NOT cure the problem. I would venture to say that if all the money spent on the WOD had been spent on mental health & teaching kids personal responsibility, this country would be a far better place to live, & safer, too.
If all illicit drugs were completely legal for sale to ADULTS, the following would happen: The drug gangs would collapse, their wars would stop. The police would be forced to address the real crimes in America: murder, rape, theft, terrorism, etc. People with drug addiction/behavior problems would feel safe in seeking help, rather than hiding from police. Since the price of street drugs is ridiculously high relative to their cost, the price drop will eradicate addiction motivated property theft. The relationship between police & the public would greatly improve. Perhaps like it was in the 50s, when the policeman was your friend & ally. And contrary to what the drug warriors would have us believe, sensible people are not gonna become junkies just because it is legal to do so. Would you become a junkie if you could? After all, every American could be an alcoholic legally, if they wanted to, but that is not happening, & hasn't happened in thousands of years.
There is not much I can do if my neighbor is determined to kill himself or ruin his life. If he wants to drink himself to death, snort coke until his heart stops, or jump out of an airplane with a chute he badly packed himself, that is his business, not mine. It is impossible to protect a person from himself, short of complete immobilization. Gov’t is for the protection of the public in general, & cannot effectively protect the individual, especially from himself.
How do you know the pit-bull was in a cage?
>Okay... these urban commandos shot a pit bull that was caged in the kitchen and a Corgi??!?!
>All just to rescue a bag of dope????!!?
>WTF!?!??!?!
Would you be surprised if it turned out that it was planted?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2508552/posts
Right. Just like the planted the cocaine and marijuana on him and his friends several times in the past and how they planted these wrecked cars to get him on a hit and run charge!
How many of these are cocaine dealing charges?
WHITWORTH, JONATHAN E 31302CM13089 Defendant ST V JONATHAN E WHITWORTH Criminal/Infract.-see Charges 12/27/2002
COLUMBIA, MO Circuit 31 Greene Circuit Division
WHITWORTH, JONATHAN E 31304CM7792 Defendant ST V JONATHAN E WHITWORTH Criminal/Infract.-see Charges 08/30/2004
COLUMBIA, MO Circuit 31 Greene Circuit Division
WHITWORTH, JONATHAN ERIC 04CR164249 Defendant ST V JONATHAN ERIC WHITWORTH Criminal/Infract.-see Charges 01/14/2004
COLUMBIA, MO Circuit 13 Boone Circuit Division
WHITWORTH, JONATHAN ERIC 08BA-CR02900 Defendant ST V JONATHAN ERIC WHITWORTH Criminal/Infract.-see Charges 06/26/2008
COLUMBIA, MO Circuit 13 Boone Circuit Division
WHITWORTH, JONATHAN ERIC 10BA-CR00983 Defendant ST V JONATHAN ERIC WHITWORTH Criminal/Infract.-see Charges 03/09/2010
COLUMBIA, MO Circuit 13 Boone Circuit Division
Well, at least you aren’t basing your opinion (that you stated as fact) on one isolated incident. Oh wait, you are.
How often do you bad-mouth the military?
If I were going to plant some drugs on someone it would be someone with a prior history; also, did you take a look at the link I provided?
This guy was a professional criminal. No need to plant anything on him.
Ah, great. An anonymous you tube dude is your source.
I found this for you.
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