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Extreme-interventionist, Iraq/drug war fanboy is now the Democtratic VP Candidate
Would you like a police baton with that change?
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Cop's actions as dog was dying anger driver
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All the experts admit that we should legalise drugs
Independent.co.uk
Julian Critchley
Thursday, 14 August 2008
Eight years ago, I left my civil service job as director of the UK Anti-Drug Co-Ordination Unit. I went partly because I was sick of having to implement policies that I knew, and my political masters knew, were unsupported by evidence. Yesterday, after a surreal flurry of media requests ( Read more... ) -
Tough-on-drugs policy 'pointless'
Page last updated at 07:18 GMT, Wednesday, 13 August 2008 08:18 UK
Julian Critchley argues all drugs should be made legal
Britain's policy of being tough on drugs is "pointless", says a former civil servant who once ran the Cabinet's anti-drugs unit.
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FBI to Review Police Raid That Killed Mayor's Dogs
By Rosalind S. Helderman and Aaron C. Davis
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, August 8, 2008; B01
The FBI has launched a review of the violent law enforcement raid of the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo in Prince George's County last week that resulted in the deaths of the family's two dogs.
The agency has begun "reviewing the events that ( Read more... ) -
Why the Drug War is a Crime against Humanity
August 8, 2008: 1:35 pmPolice State, Terror, Truth, War
by Carmen Yarrusso
Like the Iraq war and the “war on terror”, the so-called “drug war” is a government contrived “war” based on lies that generates massive profits for a few while causing massive suffering for many.
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Police now say MD mayor was innocent victim of raid, but 'there will be no apologies'
Mayor May Have Been Victim Of Drug Shipping Scheme
Police Say 32 Pounds Of Marijuana Delivered To Home May Not Have Been Meant For Mayor
POSTED: 5:22 pm EDT August 6, 2008
UPDATED: 6:25 pm EDT August 6, 2008
Mayor May Have Been Victim Of Drug Shipping Scheme
PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, Md. -- Investigators said the mayor of Berwyn Heights may not be ( Read more... ) -
Police did not have no knock warrant to raid mayor's home
Pr. George's Officers Lacked 'No-Knock' Warrant in Raid
Authorities, Who Broke Down Door During Search for Drugs at Home of Berwyn Heights Mayor, Had Said They Obtained Document
By Rosalind S. Helderman
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 6, 2008; B01
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Ohio cop acquitted of killing mom holding baby during botched drug raid
from The Associated Press
LIMA, Ohio August 4, 2008, 07:08 pm ET · A white police officer was acquitted Monday in the drug-raid shooting death of an unarmed black woman that set off protests about how police treat minorities in a city where one in four residents is black.
The all-white jury found Sgt. Joseph Chavalia not guilty of misdemeanor charges ( Read more... )
