“in 1920, that is, coinciding with Prohibition”
One of those LEOs shot my paternal grandfather in the back for moonshining.
There was no work to be found anywhere and he had a wife and three kids to feed.
[one had a bad heart and died at 13]
He didn’t even drink.
He ran up the ridge and the sheriff shot him.
Just like that.
Left the wife and kids and the girl died not long after.
Due process.
Right.
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So sad.
Prohibition against alcohol did not work. Prohibition against drugs does not work.
By the way, you seen the TV series “Breaking Bad”. My husband and I are doing a marathon viewing of the series now from netflicks. If anything has convinced me that we should end the War on Drugs, this series has done it.