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Virginia Police Kill Old Man in Pill Raid
A creaky, half-blind, 69-year-old Virginia man is dead after shooting at police raiding his home for pain pills.
Police/Suspect Altercations
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Tucson SWAT Team Cleared in Killing of Ex-Marine
Here's a shocker (not): No charges will be filed against the Tucson SWAT team that gunned down an ex-Marine in a drug raid in his home.
All the drug busts in Mexico seem to make no difference. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
Mexico's prohibition-related violence, with all its spectacular and horrifying brutality, continues unabated.
Bust after bust... and still no impact besides more violence. (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
As prohibition-related violence continues unabated, peace marchers are heading for Ciudad Juarez.
Jose Guerena survived two tours in Iraq, but not his encounter with a Pima County SWAT team.
No Drugs in Home of Ex-Marine Killed By SWAT Team
Police found no drugs in the home of a veteran they shot and killed in a May 5 drug raid in Tucson.
Drug prohibition funds the bloody mayhem in Mexico (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
No end in sight for the prohibition-related violence plaguing Mexico. The hit men just keep on coming.
Drug prohibition funds the bloody mayhem in Mexico (Image via Wikimedia.org)
Mexico Drug War Update
After more than four year's of Calderon's drug war, there is no end in sight to the violence.
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Chicago Man Dies During Attempted Drug Arrest
A Chicago man is dead after allegedly swallowing a bag of drugs in a bid to avoid arrest. He's the 26th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations this year.
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At Least Seven Police Officers Died for Drug Prohibition Last Year [FEATURE]
Drug prohibition kills cops. At the least, seven more died of drug prohibition last year. There are measures we could take to reduce the toll, but that takes political courage -- and getting the cops on board.
The Pima County SWAT team is under the spotlight. (Image courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Office)
Tucson SWAT Team Kills Armed Homeowner in Drug Raid
In what looks like a drug raid wrong on many levels, a 26-year-old Afghan and Iraq war vet was killed by a Tucson SWAT team after his frightened wife woke him up to say there were intruders in the home and he grabbed a gun.