Now this is some BS!

[Crown42Royal]

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I was wondering how long it was going to take for someone to bring up the race card.

Lock it up mods.

[WDOgF0reL1fe]

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Man, i was having a good day too. Now its ruined from that video. Ugh, this world is disgusting

[McLite]

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While this is great to see, it's a shame it took a national TV news show to do it. His sentence smacks of racism on the part of the court, and is unfortunately nothing new in this country. Our drug laws are racist and imprison blacks 2-1 over whites, even tho there is no difference in the amount of drug use. Until we as a country understand this, and realize that our drug laws do much greater harm than the drugs themselves, injustices like this will continue to happen.

There are absolutely no facts to back that up. Maybe you are referring to marijuana but I'm pretty sure meth/cocaine/crack/heroin do a lot of harm. Not to mention the amount of robberies, burglaries, and shootings that happen near drug houses and apartments. Drugs are the center of the circle of crime and that can be backed up.

Final point...your signature is complete propaganda. It's amazing that people can actually think that about the police. The main point of a SWAT dynamic entry is to keep people from getting weapons and shooting. Speed of action and element of surprise are what keep both the people outside and inside the residence safe. Yes you need the dope to make a case (sometimes)...but give me a break. I will never understand how someone can think slinging dope is honorable and professional...and the fact that we, who send people through their door in order to make a better quality of life for those around, are the bad guys.

Oh ya...lets stay away from racist talk as well since that's clearly against TOS and will be dealt with accordingly.

[Brandon13]

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There are absolutely no facts to back that up. Maybe you are referring to marijuana but I'm pretty sure meth/cocaine/crack/heroin do a lot of harm. Not to mention the amount of robberies, burglaries, and shootings that happen near drug houses and apartments. Drugs are the center of the circle of crime and that can be backed up.

Though most of those robberies, burglaries, and shootings are a result of drug wars and not the use of drugs themselves.

[McLite]

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Though most of those robberies, burglaries, and shootings are a result of drug wars and not the use of drugs themselves.

Maybe the shootings...robberies and burglaries around the area are the result of users needing quick cash in order to support the habit. Need $20...break into a car and take the stereo...break into your apartment and take your computer. Then sell it or pawn it for the cash. They will take your sweet $300 iPod and trade it for a few rocks. Drug houses are infamous for stolen property. On big raids we can think them to hundreds of burglaries.

If there were no drugs there would be hardly any crime. What humans will do to other humans just for another hit is sad.

[auburntigersfan]

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that was just ridiculous, glad he got out.

[Bahnzo]

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There are absolutely no facts to back that up. Maybe you are referring to marijuana but I'm pretty sure meth/cocaine/crack/heroin do a lot of harm. Not to mention the amount of robberies, burglaries, and shootings that happen near drug houses and apartments. Drugs are the center of the circle of crime and that can be backed up.

Final point...your signature is complete propaganda. It's amazing that people can actually think that about the police. The main point of a SWAT dynamic entry is to keep people from getting weapons and shooting. Speed of action and element of surprise are what keep both the people outside and inside the residence safe. Yes you need the dope to make a case (sometimes)...but give me a break. I will never understand how someone can think slinging dope is honorable and professional...and the fact that we, who send people through their door in order to make a better quality of life for those around, are the bad guys.

Oh ya...lets stay away from racist talk as well since that's clearly against TOS and will be dealt with accordingly.

1: Actually the illegal nature of drugs is what causes the violence. Here's one instance of that fact: HERE. When you take a product that is highly desired and make it illegal, then it becomes incredibly valuable for no reason other than that. You don't see people robbing others to buy beer..you don't see "beer houses" or shady guys whispering "wanna buy a beer?" on street corners. But you do see that with drugs because they are unregulated. The violence that comes along with them is due to the high profit they bring and the fact that violence is the only way to protect your business. Cops aren't gonna help you keep your business safe when you sell something illegal, you have to do it yourself.

You legalize all drugs and the violence will stop. Simple as that.

2: Sending SWAT teams into private citizen's homes is as much about preserving evidence as it is for safety. Probably even more. You always need the dope to make a case, btw. Often SWAT teams that serve "no knock" raids are greeted with gunfire because the home owners think someone is breaking into their house. If you hear your window or door being broken down at 3am what would you think? Not to mention there are more and more cases of these "no knock" raids happening on completely innocent people in which these people are then either shot or the officers themselves are shot...all because the police either got bad information from an "informant" or screwed up themselves and got the wrong address. There are too many people dying because of these raids and they have to stop, like my sig says, risking the lives of police and citizens to prevent flushing of drugs is horrific.

You don't have to use drugs to support the reform of these stupid laws. I don't. Remember back in the 30's when alcohol was illegal and the mess that sparked? You'd think we would learn from that experiment, but we haven't. Instead we treat users like criminals and imprison them and ruin their lives instead of giving them help.

You talk about quality of life. If you truly mean that, then you would support legalization. Why? Because it's the only way we can clean up this situation. You make them legal and regulate, then they will be sold in stores like liquor, not in the house next door. You take away all that black market profit and the violence that goes along with it. It's simple and makes sense. Forget about whether you think it's moral or not to use drugs, because there will *always* be people who do and that will *never* change. The smart and logical thing to do is the provide those people that want to a safe manner to purchase and use them.

[Bahnzo]

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If there were no drugs there would be hardly any crime. What humans will do to other humans just for another hit is sad.

Good luck getting rid of them, it's never going to happen. Dream all you want.....

[afro_dogg20]

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that was just ridiculous, glad he got out.

me too

[Bahnzo]

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Oh ya...lets stay away from racist talk as well since that's clearly against TOS and will be dealt with accordingly.

And BTW - you should know the TOS:

Racial, Sexual, and Religious Attacks
Operation Sports is a large community. Do not assume that all other posters are like yourself, or hold the same opinions you do. Any attacks or hate speech regarding race, religion, or sexual preference will not be tolerated, and repeated offenses will be grounds for a ban.

Nothing I said was "hate" related. I was simply stating an opinion and a fact. Not attacking anyone or directing hate as defined above towards anyone on this board. Just simply because a post discusses race and racism doesn't mean it's against the TOS.

[pfunk880]

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You legalize all drugs and the violence will stop. Simple as that.

[Bahnzo]

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Sorry, but it's true. The violence associated with drugs is due to it's illegal nature, not the drugs themselves as a whole. If anything, a legal drug...alcohol, is responsible for more violent behavior in it's users than anything else. If you make it legal you immediately take away any incentive for gangs and such to fight over territory, and you bring the cost down which will curb or eliminate the need for people to rob and steal to feed their habit.

Once again, all you have to do is look to the prohibition era here in the states to realize I'm right. We're undergoing the same thing right now, with the exception there's a TON of money to made off of keeping it illegal. From drug testing companies to law enforcement, they all depend on the money generated from prohibition. If anything, law enforcement is more addicted to drugs than anyone. They depend on the money, not only from our taxes, but from asset seizures as well. One HUGE reason police officers will fight you tooth and nail over keeping drugs illegal is because they know it means their jobs when drugs do become legalized.

[J-Unit40]

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That judge was a clown. I'm happy to see that the guy was released. I was pretty heated watching that piece on 20/20.

[Flightwhite24]

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I'm SPEECHLESS!!!!! and !!!!!!!!

[PVarck31]

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I know its not a popular opinion but I honestly believe all drugs should be legal. It would destroy the crime rate. Let the junkies go pick it up and kill themselves with it.