I thought he was referring to the article. At any rate:
A. The blog isn't run by Salon; they just provide the space for a fee.
B. Nearly all of those stories are backed up by links to news articles about the events.
Thank you for posting that. I wasn't clear regarding which link I was referring to.
Some of the stories are tragic, and swat teams are over used, Our police forces have become militarized. The drug "war" is an incredible travesty. I don't have the answer to the drug problem but what we are doing isnt working.
The general twist that the salon link has is that police should knock nicely and the perps will give up their drugs. That doesn't happen and probably never will. IMO Salon is a liberal rag but then I am biased.