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To: PaxMacian
The real heart of the issue is the heresy of the 'evil weed.' and how it facilitates the witch hunt phenomena. Anyone can purchase an evil substance, plant it on a person's property and inform the authorities by screaming 'WITCH!' In the news now you have a woman beating cop that threatened her if she talked he would plant drugs on her and her family and put them away. Just look at Tulia.

That shows that there are corrupt cops in the world.

How would it be different if he threatened to plant counterfeit money on her property? How about hiding some pipe bombs and calling the police.

The fact that he threatened to plant drugs in particular isn't central to what he did.

This doesn't support your assertion that enforcing drug laws is evil, unless you're asserting that all laws are evil because they might be abused.

There are endless counts of officers being caught buying drugs when it is not possible for them to use them because they are tested. What else are they purchasing them for? Who knows how many innocent people are in prison? Everyone should demand the release of all imprisoned for mere possession of a substance.

Endless counts of officers being caught buying drugs, and not part of an official investigation, that don't test positive for drug use, and aren't found to be corrupt cops that are reselling the drugs?

Bull crap!

I used to smoke pot on occasion at one time. I have a number of friends that smoke pot now. I also have a number of friends in law enforcement, including one that spend a couple years working for the DEA.

I'm not going to say there aren't corrupt cops. I'm not going to say that there aren't arrogant idiots with badges that exist. However, they are an extremely tiny percentage of the whole.

However, they are a very small minority.

I know several people who have been arrested for possessing Marijuana. Most just got a ticket that they had to pay. One spent a night in jail because he was out of state at the time and couldn't post bail immediately.

I have dozens of people I know as acquaintances that I know smoke pot.

I've never heard one of them tell me a story of them or someone they know getting unfairly persecuted by the police or the DEA.

I've heard a number of stories of close calls, and a couple stories where people were caught red handed and the officer decided not to cite or arrest them for it.

123 posted on 03/23/2007 7:19:38 AM PDT by untrained skeptic
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To: untrained skeptic

"I've heard a number of stories of close calls, and a couple stories where people were caught red handed and the officer decided not to cite or arrest them for it."

Undoubtedly, you and your friends are white.
The same thing happened in my home town. Most of my
friends and myself had been caught and released, our
names taken and contraband confiscated. But, had we been
from the neighboring town it would have been a different
story, one often reported in the police blotter. Stats
show that this war is unevenly prosecuted. Although, it
is partially a cultural difference of where people hang
out. If you hang out on the street rather than in homes
you are certainly going to be a greater target of the
enforcers.


126 posted on 03/24/2007 7:14:00 AM PDT by PaxMacian (Gen 1:29)
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