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Tuesday, August 05, 2008

Continued uneeded militarization of the police.

Hit & Run > Doubts About Dog-Slaughtering Drug Raid - Reason Magazine:
"...The real question is whether there will be any discussion over the appropriateness of sending a SWAT team into any private home, handcuffing the occupants at gunpoint, and slaughtering the family pets—all over the mere receipt of a mailed package of weed. I doubt it.

Even if hizzoner turns out to be guilty, it's always worth contextualizing these cases: We've reached the point where it's commonplace for the government to wage violent, confrontational invasions of private homes over the suspicion of possession of the dried leaves of a plant."

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