Comments on: More Kathryn Johnston Fallout

By: Red Green

Red Green — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:49:41 +0000

It’ll take Georgie W leaving office for starts. Then begins the oversight committees. As always…tis the “$$$$$ stupid” ,or otherwise. Sooner is better and certain.

By: kaptinemo

kaptinemo — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 13:40:07 +0000

That substance prohibition spawns corruption of the very legal system charged with that prohibition’s prosecution should be obvious to any and all; it follows as night does day. From top to bottom, wherever you look, there’s rot.

But with an entire (Prison/Industrial) industry whose profits are based upon denial of that and other salient facts about chemical prohibitions…an industry that is effectively able to lobby lawmakers using the money it has received from citizens…an industry that tirelessly works to defeat any legislative or referendum efforts that threaten that meal ticket…then it should become equally obvious that the kind of ’special interests’ that that industry lobbies for are essentially inimical to the commonweal, as well as democratic principles in general.

At what point will the sheer weight of the whole corrupt mass begin to press downwards into the collective consciousness of the American citizen? What will be the tipping point? How many bodies? (The last time we tried this, at least there was a body count.)

Or will it take a 1929-type crash, as it did the last time with alcohol Prohibition, to cause the gore-trailing DrugWar Juggernaut to finally lurch and squeal to a stop? What will it take? Since it seems it won’t be the number of innocents being slaughtered or jailed, reputations being trashed, careers ruined, life-savings being stolen by Gub’mint agents, etc. my money’s on the money…

By: TC

TC — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 08:22:16 +0000

Sad to say, but the beat goes on, and on, and on!

By: Dave Hummels

Dave Hummels — Thu, 27 Mar 2008 03:24:39 +0000

Excellent recommendations Radley. I also find it disturbing that basic quality control measures aren’t in place. All departments should track this kind of data, not to mention info on officers that get a disproprtionate number of citizen complaints. Early warning systems should be commonplace in law enforcement! Its tough to find a silver lining in this terribly depressing story, but perhaps cases of extreme corruption and criminal behavior by police such as this will finally wake people up to the futile and dangerous nature of the drug war. When will we learn? RIP Kathryn.