[basil]

I never thought I would say it, but in the last while when I read of things like this, I think it's time to legalize all drugs. Put these Ninja cops out of business.

We are surrounded by "illegal"druggies everywhere we go, and are taking our chances when we drive on any road in the country., as it is. I'm just saying, take away the crime, and all these SWAT teams can go pound sand.............

granny rant over.....

[Lazamataz]

I never thought I would say it, but in the last while when I read of things like this, I think it's time to legalize all drugs. Put these Ninja cops out of business. We are surrounded by "illegal"druggies everywhere we go, and are taking our chances when we drive on any road in the country., as it is. I'm just saying, take away the crime, and all these SWAT teams can go pound sand.............

I never thought I'd live to see you say that, either. But it is a good take on it. Illegal drug users kill one person: Themselves. They affect many, but they kill one.

However, the death toll -- of INNOCENTS -- from Ninja Cops alone is horrendous, and then we haven't even started talking about the Cartel violence.

[Sudetenland]

If you look at the history of the 4th Amendment and the growing weakness of court support for it, the war on drugs stands out like a sore thumb.

Prior to 1960, virtually all of the cases in which the 4th Amendment was abridged in some way had to do with booze and bootlegging--another example of the criminalization of sin. Nowadays, virtually all 4th Amendment cases are drug related.

Almost all cases in which the "exigency" of the situation absolved the police of needing a warrant were drug cases. Virtually all police home invasions and "no-knock" entries have been related to drug cases.

Very few cases in which "exigent circumstances" is invoked involve real threats to life. Most involve the destruction of evidence--primarily drugs.

Time to take this power away from these wannabe soldier, cowboy, tin-god, cops by legalizing drugs.

[cycjec]

Same here. Doesn’t mean either of us are in favor of
drug use. But we’ll have to learn another way of going
about it.