I forgot the count
Another drug war turf battle hit tonight.Information is scarce but it's a young Indo-Canadian male with a bullet in the back of his head.Sounds really familiar.I wonder what Wally will tell us about this one.One of these days the cops will actually solve one of these hits and we won't have to listen to lame excuses for what everybody but the police knows is just drug gang violence as the result of the prohibition of drugs.If I have to listen to one more stupid police theory i'm gonna puke.It's like the lunatics are in charge of the asylum.People keep dying and all we get is more tough talk and more ways to throw the wrong people in prison.Congratulations to our US brothers for finally jailing more people per capita than we do.We held that distinction for far too long.Have no fear,though,Harper's here.I'm sure his new legislation will quickly fill the gap and we'll retake that little distinction.Then there's Ms.
DEA Opens Drug War Fantasy Camp
Last year, the DEA was teaching people how to cook meth. Now they're teaching people how to shoot other people with guns.
Just watch this news report about the DEA's exciting public outreach program, which shows almost nothing except a bunch of people shooting guns and seemingly having an exhilarating experience. There sure is a lot of shooting involved in saving us from drugs.
Of particular interest is the instructor's reaction when the participating FOX reporter accidentally shoots an unarmed suspect. He laments the inevitable newspaper headlines, as though bad press is the real tragedy when someone is accidentally shot in the drug war. To be fair, we don't get to hear everything he may have said, but the clip is creepy either way when one glances over at the pile of innocent bodies our drug war has accumulated.
As an undergrad criminal justice major, I had the opportunity to take on a million dollar "shoot/don't shoot" simulator at a sophisticated police training facility. It was a unique opportunity to appreciate the difficult positions police officers can find themselves in. The weapon was a real glock, outfitted to shoot invisible lasers instead of live ammo. When you pulled the trigger, an amplified boom shook the floor and a simulated kickback threatened to rip the weapon from your grasp.
More than a few of my classmates panicked quickly, emptying their clips at the slightest provocation, and earning admonishment from the instructor. I performed well, taking down a disgruntled employee on a shooting rampage in an office building, then managing not to shoot an angry motorist who reached for his wallet in an aggressive manner. I've spoken ever since of my newfound appreciation for the awesome responsibility law enforcement officers bear when making life and death decision within a fraction of a second.
I've also never been more convinced that police must not be asked to make such decisions in the name of preventing drug transactions between consenting adults. The risk is too great and the reward far too small.
                                                                                                                              [Thanks, Paul]
Why can't they get it?
Spike in Violence tied to shifting alliances.So read the heading on an article in the Vancouver Province newspaper on Tues.Mar.18'08.The article goes on to make assertions that gangs are becoming multi-ethnic and therefore now know where each other live and therefore have access to each other and thus the killings.The thinking is so convoluted and ridiculous that only someone with no clue would make such assertions.There's been word of a UN gang in the paper for years.Now it's a new thing and the reason for all the shooting.It's a drug turf war .It's no mystery.If these guys would just read a book about the twenties in Chicago they'd have more of a clue than what's purported in this editorial piece of crap.Our illustrious Prime Minister was here a few days back and left the promised money for more police he's been promising.Soon after,Wally Opal ,our attorney general was saying that the money would be better spent on task forces looking into organized crime.I guess this is a try at making a case for that.It doesn't make a lick of sense but that never stopped Wally ,ever.One day these people are going to have an epiphany and realise that it's prohibition that causes all this blood shed.
Meeting of Medical Marijuana Patients and Advocates
The purpose of the meeting is to help build support for an effective medical marijuana bill in Maryland, which will protect patients from arrest and allow them safe access to their medicine, as well as to educate patients and others on the current law.If you would like more information about this meeting, please e-mail Zane Hurst at [email protected].