[rogue yam]

I am not jumping on the JBT-phobic bandwagon just yet here. This article is deliberately inflammatory and misleading. Twenty people (apparently) now face felony drug charges and no human beings were injured in the process. Sure, Reason Magazine and some FReepers think that drugs should be legal. But guess what? They're not. People who are suspected of felonies were arrested. Get over it. It seems that some people have no idea what gun-toting drug dealers are like. If there were twenty drug dealers in your neighborhood, wouldn't you want them gone?

[SmoothTalker]

"It seems that some people have no idea what gun-toting drug dealers are like."

Very true and it was the government drug war that made them into what they are. Much like prohibition led to the rise of violent booze gangs.

[Publius Valerius]

If there were twenty drug dealers in your neighborhood, wouldn't you want them gone?

Yes, maybe so, but at what price? In its recent decision regarding no-knock warrants, Justice Scalia opined that police departments were "more professional" than they were in the 1960s. I'm just really not sure that's the case, and I think that something like this is a good example. Police departments are certainly more militaristic, but I'm not sure that equates with professional.

I'm seeing how police departments are evolving, and I'm not sure that I like it at all.

[Hong Kong Expat]

If there were twenty drug dealers in your neighborhood, wouldn't you want them gone?

Dealers aren't the problem, they want the places where they live and work to be nice and quiet. No need to draw attention to themselves. Users are the problem, they'll steal from every block except the dealer's.

[mugs99]

It seems that some people have no idea what gun-toting drug dealers are like. If there were twenty drug dealers in your neighborhood, wouldn't you want them gone?

So, it would be okay with you if a swat team invaded your home, killed your dog and hauled you off to jail to catch 20 others who were in possession of pot or coke?

Keep in mind that they still have not released any info showing they captured even one dealer. 78 homes invaded, 58 innocent victims of police state excess...and that is okay with you!
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[eleni121]

Drugs have devastated Buffalo neighborhoods.

This type of action is long overdue. Maybe the Reason writer needs to go down and live on the east side and see how well he likes seeing drug dealers do their thing inhindered and unimpeded.

Doncha just love limo liberals and their useful fools in the libertarian crowd on their high horses.