[Senator Pardek]

If it keeps one joint out of a kid's mouth, her death was worth it.

[SSN558]

"If it keeps one joint out of a kid's mouth, her death was worth it."

Do you really know how police informants work ? Most get a check from the law enforcement agency. They then take that check and promptly spend it on illegal drugs. Others are drug dealers that should have been locked up, but made a deal to stay out of jail. Those continue to sell drugs.

[vikingcelt]

"If it keeps one joint out of a kid's mouth, her death was worth it." Give me a break!!! I hope you were being sarcastic.

[Spottys Spurs]

"If it keeps one joint out of a kid's mouth, her death was worth it."

Sorry pal, but you are dead wrong! The NYPD screwed up big time. And no death, when it's this wrong is worth it!

[philetus]

MODESTO, Calif. (September 14, 2000) - An 11-year-old Modesto boy was fatally shot early Wednesday morning when police SWAT team officers on a federal narcotics sweep raided his parents' home. Police said the shooting was an accident.

No matter how many children are killed, If it keeps one joint out of a child's mouth, their deaths were worth it.

[frodolives]

Apparently, you need to actually write the word "sarcasm". Better get out the sharpnin' stone, there's a coupla dull tools around here today.

[JennysCool]

Looks as if the world-famous Pardek drollery is wasted on the thread! LOL!

[stands2reason]

You're going to get a lot of crap from the humor-impaired for not closing with a "sarcasm" tag....

[daylate-dollarshort]

"If it keeps one joint out of a kid's mouth, her death was worth it.<'

To you maybe.....How about to the victim and her family?

[FreeLibertarian]

The War On Drugs is a War on the American People. It is a counterproductive waste of public money and it is destroying America and our Rights. The people who are most interested in keeping the War On Drugs alive are those who profit from it. Legalizing Marijuanna or any of the stuff Congress likes to call &quot;controlled substances,&quot; would eliminate the multibillion dollar profits and quickly reduce the market size. Users would be buying in licensed government stores, with the profits and taxes going into rehabilitation programs. Even worse for the drug barons, the glamour of doing somethin illegal would be gone for the teenagers, and there would be no reason left for the drug gangs to hire them to push the stuff in school yards and keep the list of customers multiplying. No more knife fights and gun battles for market territory. No more no-knock raids on innocent people. No more confiscated property. Legalizing and licensing knocks out the profits. Congress critters who support the War On Drugs are doing so for one reason only, they have a lobbiest funded by a drug baron slipping large quantities of cash into their pockets to keep the drug profits flowing.

[lawdude]

"If it keeps one joint out of a kid's mouth, her death was worth it."

The sad thing is that IT WON'T. It was the wrong place. Even if it were the "right place", the KID will still get his joint. I in no way condone drugs but this kind of forced entry/terror tactics are beyond the standards for good police work. I hope her family sues the shit out of them.

The death of an innocent is NEVER worth it!

[Contra]

They need to wait for the autopsy, maybe her heart attack was caused by cocaine usage, like with Len Bias. Things are not always as they seem. Some people will do anything just to get a multi-million dollar lawsuit going against the police.

[samuel_adams_us]

What? A life for a joint?