ot. Freddie gray.

[spdrun]

I agree with scaredy that will be get worse because, even if drugs are legalized, the government will want its cut and the street dealers still won’t have jobs.

The markup on government-permitted commodities, even with taxes, is much lower than on illegal drugs. A pack of cigarettes is under $10 in most states, maxing out at about $12 to $15 in NY.

No personal knowledge, but I suspect that marijuana is cheaper to grow than tobacco. After all, it’s a “weed.” Try buying a pack of 20 joints for $10. Legalization would likely reduce the profit margin for criminal organizations significantly.

There will still be smuggling between states with different tax rates, but it likely won’t cause as severe of a crime/arrest problem as now.

I’d rather the government get their cut than have them actually spend money and destroy lives by locking people up and occasionally beating them to death. Better for the taxpayer. Better for people who aren’t killed or ruined by a “war on some drugs.”

Imagine if the money spent on prisons is used for education and infrastructure instead, creating jobs and improving lives vs ruining them.

[FlyerInHi]

I agree, spd.

Blacks have always been LIFO (last in, first out) when it comes to economic opportunities.

In today’s globalized world, lower class Whites are suffering the same problems of low education, out of wedlock parenthood, drugs, etc…

Everyone has a stake in reforms that work.

[scaredyclassic]

There may be no solution.

In fact I’m pretty sure there isnt

[Anonymous]

[quote=flu]what about all that looting? Where’s the prosecution for all those that burned down businesses and looted?[/quote]

No one is denying that the looting is a crime.

The Baltimore police are claiming that killing a man for sport is a not a crime – when they do it.

[Coronita]

[quote=harvey][quote=flu]what about all that looting? Where’s the prosecution for all those that burned down businesses and looted?[/quote]

No one is denying that the looting is a crime.

The Baltimore police are claiming that killing a man for sport is a not a crime – when they do it.[/quote]

And it’s great they are going to jail

[CA renter]

[quote=harvey][quote=flu]what about all that looting? Where’s the prosecution for all those that burned down businesses and looted?[/quote]

No one is denying that the looting is a crime.

The Baltimore police are claiming that killing a man for sport is a not a crime – when they do it.[/quote]

They killed a man for sport? Really? Talk about hyperbole and hysterics.

[spdrun]

Sport, revenge, punishment, whatever. They’re accused of overstepping their authority. If they’re convicted, they need a few decades to think about what they did.

[bobby]

[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=flu]3 of the 6 cops are black. So why is this a racism thing? Explain.[/quote]

the biggest antisemites are jews[/quote]

let’s say your premise is true. Some black people hate black people and some Jews are antisemitic. How are the nonblacks and nonjews supposed to act? Sounds like damn if you do and damn if you don’t situation.

[spdrun]

^^^

Lawfully and within the bounds of their authority if they have any authority.

[CA renter]

[quote=spdrun]Sport, revenge, punishment, whatever. They’re accused of overstepping their authority. If they’re convicted, they need a few decades to think about what they did.[/quote]

We don’t yet know what caused his injuries, or why. We need to see what comes out in the trial.

In no way am I condoning what the cops did if they caused his injuries and subsequent death. We just need to know all of the details before we start accusing them of “killing for sport” (or revenge, etc.). If it turns out that they did more than just try to subdue/arrest him, then I’m all for jail time. But we just need to know more before we can make that judgement.

[FlyerInHi]

CAr, glad to see you believe there should be a trial. The charges brought by the state attorney were appropriate.

[scaredyclassic]

Some info knife may have been illegal under local ordinance. Need knife experts…not a switchblade but had a spring.

[spdrun]

Charges are appropriate, and it’s a crying shame that Maryland abolished the death penalty last year. If those cops get found guilty, it’s a shame they can’t spend the last few minutes of their lives in a little glass room, choking on a cloud of gas.

The Baltimore PD doesn’t only do it to people with criminal records and knives. They did it to a couple (the lady was a librarian at Johns Hopkins) to retaliate for them recording police responding to a noise complaint:

http://www.citypaper.com/news/features/bcpnews-what-happened-to-freddie-gray-former-cops-and-arrestees-shed-light-on-the-question-tearing-baltimore-20150424,0,6717999.story?page=2

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/bs-md-gray-rough-rides-20150423-story.html#page=1

Maybe if a few cops are made an example of by the courts, this behavior would cease.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=spdrun]Maybe if a few cops are made an example of by the courts, this behavior would cease.[/quote]

Justice for the victims. We need to be implacable against criminals to deter further such crimes.

[Anonymous]

[quote=CA renter]They killed a man for sport? Really? Talk about hyperbole and hysterics.[/quote]

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar R. Goodson Jr. was charged Friday with second-degree depraved-heart murder in the death of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. “Depraved-heart” second-degree murder holds that the suspect held a reckless disregard for another person’s life.

Put another way, “It is a deliberate act that is so dangerous that it shows total indifference to someone else’s life,” said David Moyse, also a Maryland defense attorney.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/crime/what-is-depraved-heart-murder-in-maryland/2015/05/01/b2619450-f021-11e4-8abc-d6aa3bad79dd_story.html

They were having some fun by restraining a human being and then bouncing him around inside the metal compartment of a moving vehicle.

From your comments here, it seems that you think such behavior is acceptable when cops do it.

[Author]

Posts