Looking at these pictures I see mostly young men who have been lured into the promise of easy money. No doubt many of them lacked good role models growing up, or have had to endure poverty.
The war on drugs in this country is an excercise in crime control, nothing more. It continues because society at large is more tolerant of drug dealing than it is other forms of crime such as burglary. After all, if the average American stays away from drugs and the underground market, they can be relatively free of the effects of the drug trade. Not so with burglary.
The victims of the war on drugs are America's poorer communities such as Coatesville. Here we have to live with the effects of a completely unregulated trade which controls itself through violence. Take out one drug dealer and five others intimidate and shoot their way to the top.
I'm not saying the laws should not be enforced. They should!!! And places like Coatesville need all the tools they can get to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for its law-abiding residents.
Cutting police and the drug unit is a sure fire way to benefit the higher ups in this drug trade, plain and simple. It is a way to reward law-breaking. And it makes our administration suspect in my mind.
But places like Coatesville would benefit greatly if our country could learn from the past. Market demand will always trump prohibitions. The mob exsists today because of the power handed to it during alcohol prohibition.
Today entire regions of the world are being destabilized by our unwillingness to confront this reality. Central America comes to mind.
Enforce the laws as they exist, and enforce them strenuously! That's what good law enforcement is for!
But maybe its time for America to look at other ways of dealing with this gigantic cash cow that will never go away. ...and victimizes it's least fortunate. We woundn't even need to figure it out alone. There are countris in Europe that have done this with some sucess.
I just read today's editorial with our new police cheif's comments.
My previous comments about the war on drugs were directed at legislators, not to law enforcement officials.
There is no way in the world that a poice cheif, or officer, should be allowed to make decisions about whether or not existing laws should be enforced.
Coatesville, with the Bloc of Four in charge, is being governed for the benefit of law-breakers, not for the benefit of law-abiding tax-payers, and it stinks to high heaven.
The fact that Legree's son is involved in the drug trade in Coatesville and that the Council is aligned with Legree smells of a link between the block of four and the Coatesville drug trade.
I think someone needs to look rather closely at the reason why the block is pushing Legree into a police position and why the block and legree are so adamant about cutting the drug enforcement unit in coatesville.
It is one thing to reduce the police force, but it is all too suspect that people aligned with known drug dealers are being placed in the force and cutting the one aspect of the force that is going after the drug trade.
At least the police department was able to get Legree Jr. before his dad got involved in the force.
One thing that you can say FOR Richard Legree is that he had some experience "in the past" with the drug trade and he has been clean for many years since. Maybe he has the expertise to now help fight the current drug situation. And, just because his son was arrested at Mr. Legree's home, take a look at the Eagles' coach. He has two sons doing this stuff and he was unaware. Maybe Sr. was unaware as well.
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Wow, most of these guys cleverly disguised themselves as Amish.
Looking at these pictures I see mostly young men who have been lured into the promise of easy money. No doubt many of them lacked good role models growing up, or have had to endure poverty.
The war on drugs in this country is an excercise in crime control, nothing more. It continues because society at large is more tolerant of drug dealing than it is other forms of crime such as burglary. After all, if the average American stays away from drugs and the underground market, they can be relatively free of the effects of the drug trade. Not so with burglary.
The victims of the war on drugs are America's poorer communities such as Coatesville. Here we have to live with the effects of a completely unregulated trade which controls itself through violence. Take out one drug dealer and five others intimidate and shoot their way to the top.
I'm not saying the laws should not be enforced. They should!!! And places like Coatesville need all the tools they can get to ensure a safe and pleasant environment for its law-abiding residents.
Cutting police and the drug unit is a sure fire way to benefit the higher ups in this drug trade, plain and simple. It is a way to reward law-breaking. And it makes our administration suspect in my mind.
But places like Coatesville would benefit greatly if our country could learn from the past. Market demand will always trump prohibitions. The mob exsists today because of the power handed to it during alcohol prohibition.
Today entire regions of the world are being destabilized by our unwillingness to confront this reality. Central America comes to mind.
Enforce the laws as they exist, and enforce them strenuously! That's what good law enforcement is for!
But maybe its time for America to look at other ways of dealing with this gigantic cash cow that will never go away. ...and victimizes it's least fortunate. We woundn't even need to figure it out alone. There are countris in Europe that have done this with some sucess.
I just read today's editorial with our new police cheif's comments.
My previous comments about the war on drugs were directed at legislators, not to law enforcement officials.
There is no way in the world that a poice cheif, or officer, should be allowed to make decisions about whether or not existing laws should be enforced.
Coatesville, with the Bloc of Four in charge, is being governed for the benefit of law-breakers, not for the benefit of law-abiding tax-payers, and it stinks to high heaven.
The fact that Legree's son is involved in the drug trade in Coatesville and that the Council is aligned with Legree smells of a link between the block of four and the Coatesville drug trade.
I think someone needs to look rather closely at the reason why the block is pushing Legree into a police position and why the block and legree are so adamant about cutting the drug enforcement unit in coatesville.
It is one thing to reduce the police force, but it is all too suspect that people aligned with known drug dealers are being placed in the force and cutting the one aspect of the force that is going after the drug trade.
At least the police department was able to get Legree Jr. before his dad got involved in the force.
One thing that you can say FOR Richard Legree is that he had some experience "in the past" with the drug trade and he has been clean for many years since. Maybe he has the expertise to now help fight the current drug situation. And, just because his son was arrested at Mr. Legree's home, take a look at the Eagles' coach. He has two sons doing this stuff and he was unaware. Maybe Sr. was unaware as well.
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