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Posted by Howard Lester on September 1, 2007, 5:53 pm
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---police who suspected him of being
# a drug courier.
#
# Mr. Kelly had gone to the airport only TO PICK UP A FRIEND.
#
# He felt numb, agreed to be searched because he didn't want to get beaten.
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# Kelly tried an experiment. He had a white friend WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT he
# had worn that day and retrace his steps at the airport.
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# Police gave the friend not even a glance.
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# His lawyer filed a class-action suit in a Texas state court.
#
# "The Supreme Court has hobbled the Fourth Amendment so much that I
# never even thought about filing in Federal court."
A major foobar in Zero Tolerance mania occurred
when the government seized a ship over a couple joints.
The government had seized the ship from itself.
The Drug War. The Drug War. The Drug War. The Drug War. The Drug War.
Hear it enough times and you believe it is a national security problem.
Rather than an entirely domestic consumer problem.
Yes, the drugs - a HUGE amount of drugs - cross our national borders. But it
is being PULLED in, a completely different situation than Military defense
of our borders against a FOREIGN enemy.
I wonder how it all gets into the country. It's as if it has its own special
unmonitored border crossing, where it can drive truck after truck through.
And what happens when you bang the drum of hysteria long enough?
Bizarre distortions in our social fabric:
widespread fear, loathing and suspicion.
And: censorship.
Tom Petty wins MTV's highest video award, but they always censored the
word 'joint' in t
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