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To: OESY
Didn't Christine Todd Whitman have SWAT teams basically go door-to-door disarming and arresting gang members about 10 years ago? A sweep which was widely praised by the city's residents?

And didn't some Federal judge rule that she was violating the law by doing that, and that she had to release all of the people arrested in the raid?

The Federal court system will be the end of us all.

67 posted on 12/29/2004 8:38:45 AM PST by detsaoT (insert hot-button issue here.)
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To: detsaoT
Didn't Christine Todd Whitman have SWAT teams basically go door-to-door disarming and arresting gang members about 10 years ago?

Never anything really effective. One thing I do recall, however. The city's District Attorney, a fellow by the name of Asbell who craved the spotlight and was on TV all the time, showed up one night on the news after surviving an ambush in which his car was shot up by vengeful drug lords. I recall a cop being quoted anonymously that he didnt buy it. His reason was that the drug lords knew that if they did that, the hammer would fall and they'd all be put out of business. It turns out it was staged and the guy was put out of office in disgrace. But my takeaway was that the police could end the drug trafficing if they wanted to, but chose to look the other way for some reason. I suspect graft, of course, but it could be cowardice. Either way, it was a very telling comment that explains a lot about why Camden continues to be a wasteland.

76 posted on 12/29/2004 11:25:41 AM PST by pepsi_junkie (Often wrong, but never in doubt!)
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