“Pretty soon it’s all over town that folks can sell cigarettes on the street with impunity.”
The horror...the horror...
People should be free to sell their own damned cigarettes without the government demanding a piece of the action.
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It’s always about money and power! It’s a political thing and not party specific.
Lurker, I’ll come back tomorrow. I have to go now.
Take care.
Sorry to take so much time to come back. It didn’t work out yesterday.
As far as taxation goes, perhaps you’re right. The problem is that the folks who disagree with you outnumber the ones that agree with you. You either need to sell people on your vision, or prevail at a city council meeting.
The same applies at the state or federal level.
BTW: I don’t know what excuses were used to come up withe all the tobacco laws in New York. I am not a smoker, but I think they have gone absolutely nuts with these laws over the last 5-7 years.
To be honest, I was glad they came up with no smoking establishments, but beyond that it’s just crazy. Now there’s no smoking outside, and the cost of cigarettes has gone ballistic. The taxation is insane.
It would seem reasoned to to desire to stop single cigarette sales on the street. Those are unregulated and there is an issue with kids being able to guy them and take up smoking.
As for all this, the laws are not created by the police. The police are the “law enforcement” arm of the justice system.
We don’t want police to ignore the laws when they want. That’s evident by what is taking place with illegal immigration today.
This guy refused to be cited or arrested. He was assigned to a unit with a Black Female Sargent. The procedures used were those prescribed by the department in training. I might add, those procedures had been reviewed years ago when the use of the baton was eliminated during these types of altercations.
This man was alive when he boarded the ambulance. He died on the way to the hospital. The officers used reasonable means to take him down and subdue him. They didn’t know his medical record.
This guy took his chances. He knew what he was doing was wrong. He knew his medical condition better than the officers did. He should have complied.