Drunken Las Vegas SWAT Kills Man Over Less Than $1000 Worth of Pot
Las Vegas police are in our hall of shame this week for shooting an unarmed man in his home over a little bit of weed. A 21 year old man named Trevon Cole was fatally shot by Las Vegas police in his apartment while he was attempting to flush some marijuana down the toilet. The complaint says that members of the SWAT team spent the day drinking before engaging in the raid.
The raid and arrest had been authorized because over the period of a month he sold 1.8 ounces of weed to an undercover officer. Even if this was high quality medical marijuana, with a retail price of over $400 ounce, the total revenue from this crime could have been no more than $1,000. The profit? Even less.
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In other words, the LVPD killed this unarmed man for nothing. He was not a high level drug trafficker selling poison to children. He was a 21 year old kid, plain and simple. Is this the kind of death they are warning drugs lead to in DARE? Being murdered by an armed band of fifteen power hungry, over-funded men with AR-15s?
http://www.courthousenews.com/2011/04/22/36019.htm
The use of these SWAT teams has long been justified due to the “dangerous nature” of their job dealing with “violent felongs”. That justification doesn’t mesh well with things like SWAT ridealongs for celebrities like Matt Damon, Steven Seagal, and Shaq. If these raids are so incredibly dangerous that they require 15 armed men with extensive training, why would be putting innocent well known people in harm’s way?
Source: http://www.copleaks.com/?p=157
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I think you should join the local police. You would be a perfect fit. Hell, you may even get to see your face on youtube after you assault and elderly woman. (Just kidding of course).
“Does that include traffic tickets?”
Yes.
“How about online gambling….”
Is it illigal? Yes.
“…failure to pay for your dog license?”
Yes, & the dog too.
“Obviously, you aren’t serious…are you?”
Yes I am. The country is 14,000,000,000,000+ in debt. This is also known as being broke.
May your cranial space become a mush bucket by a .223 for going over the speed limit.
You are absolutely correct. The real “War on Drugs” should be against BIG PHRAMA who kill millions every year worldwide and reap billions in profit and are protected by the thugs in power. Sort of how the old Italian mob use to work…. protecting the ‘rackets’.
Though this story is probably polished a bit, the fact still remains, the carbon copy of the German SS is now in place in America. Can’t anyone see the pattern? Someone said, history repeats itself, and it is certainly happening now. I’ve also heard people say, Hitler’s fiasco could never happen here in America. Well, so far, it is happening and it is following the same chain of events as put several other once-democratic nations under a dictatorship. As for marijuana, God made it and called it good (Gen. 1:12) It is a natural growing plant that God gave to man for his benefit. Like anything else, it can be abused. By banning it, the government is trespassing on man’s God-given right to freely use natural God-given herbal remedies.
Does that include traffic tickets? How about online gambling…. or perhaps… failure to pay for your dog license? Obviously, you aren’t serious…are you?
The dollar figure is irrelavent. All criminals should be killed. We, as a country, don’t have the money to keep the revolving door spinning anymore. If you want to legalize weed, or whatever, fine. But, until then kill ‘em.