Sheriff says deputies were justified in shooting mayor's dogs

gazette. ^ | June 19, 2009.

[JoJo Gunn]

The author of the article is Daniel Valentine.

[JoeProBono]

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[Ken H]

I found the stats for marijuana arrests somewhat surprising. In 1970, there were ~190,000 mj related arrests. By 1980, the number had more than doubled to just over 400,000. The numbers stayed about the same during the Reagan years. The figure for 1990 was 327,000. By 2000, the number had jumped to 734,000, and the latest figure was 770,000 in 2004.

It's also interesting to note a slight negative correlation between number of arrests and reported usage. As arrests were rising from 1970-1980, so was mj use, peaking in 1979. Marijuana use declined during the 1980's, and arrests declined modestly. From 1990-2004, reported mj use was flat to slightly higher, as the number of mj related arrests more than doubled.

http://www.briancbennett.com/charts/fed-data/crime/intox-arrests.htm

http://www.briancbennett.com/charts/nsduh/past-month.htm

[CharlesWayneCT]

They had intercepted the package, and new it had drugs. Then the police delivered it to his door. When his wife noticed the package and took it inside, they snuck up on the house, guns drawn, to invade. The grandmother saw them and screamed, and they took that as a “warning” and so they broke in the doors. The dogs barked and they shot the dogs, pinned the grandmother down in the kitchen, harassed the family for a while.

They never bothered to check the address to figure out it was the Mayor.