I think “No Knock” warrants are a violation of the 4th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. I'm sure 7 or 8 supreme court justices would tell me I am wrong, but I am capable of reading and understanding plain English so I discount their opinions as being politically motivated. Nevertheless, they dictate the law of the land, and so we continue to have ‘no-knock’ warrants.
As far as the ‘war on drugs’ goes, I think it has been largely ineffectual and a huge waste of tax money and manpower. It is one of primary reasons we have such large numbers of ‘militarized’ or ‘tactical’ law enforcement officers in this country. It is also the primary impetus behind the ‘legalizing’ of the “No-Knock” warrants we both despise. [These types of warrants are ‘necessary’ in order for law enforcement to get the ‘upper hand’ in the ‘war on drugs’, don't you know].
As far as I am concerned, both the ‘war on drugs’ and the ‘war on poverty’ are examples of government implemented social engineering programs with goals that simply cannot be achieved by government (i.e. fundamentally altering basic human nature via legal mandate). They both are, and have been, monumental failures since their inception.
What we are seeing is prohibition all over again.
We do not learn from history. Never have and never will because human nature is such that we will always believe that we are smarter than those who failed using the same approach.
Fair enough and I understand your position.
I just don’t like it when those who are in favor of drug laws are also assumed to be in favor of no-knock warrants.
It ain’t necessarily so.