Twenty-three year old man shot dead by police in a marijuana raid

Dayton Daily News ^ | 10/01/02 | Cathy Mong

[Hemingway's Ghost]

I couldn't find the part in the story where he was calling himself a SEAL, just the part that said he went through four months of SEAL training. Could you point it out for me please?

[walkingdead]

You mean someone will serve me donuts, coffee, and a healthy salary, to go shoot kids for smoking a little reefer. Not a bad gig huh. Unless you have a soul....

[jjm2111]

Someone who has the stones to hang in for one day of SEAL training, let alone four whole months of it, probably has more strength and credibility than you could ever imagine.

He certainly doesn't have the strength keep from bragging.

[Roscoe]

Jack Booted Thugs

If you've read one HG post, you've read them all.

[AdA$tra]

There is no reason why the police need to storm a house in the middle of the night, increasing the likelyhood that something like this will happen.

Here in Topeka we had the opposite happen, as I listened on my police scanner. A hardcore group of cops assigned to street gangs and drugs kicked in the door of a 20 something white male they suspected of dealing pot. The guy in question had sold some pot to a friend who informed on the suspect after being stopped on a "traffic" infraction. According to the trial record the SCAT team failed to properly identify themselves and the suspect shot and killed one of the cops as he entered the room where he was sleeping. Police seized some MJ and arrested the guy for dealing dope and capital murder. He was acquited of the murder charge and convicted of several lesser charges. Much like this case, the suspect had a job during the day and a schedule that was known and predictable. So naturally the SCAT team decided to kick the door in the middle of the night instead of executing a search warrant while the guy was at work and arresting him as he arrived home. How many lives are going to be lost to keep people from ingesting marijuana?

[blackdog]

They pay you for that. But that only takes place when the budget has to be spent in order to get the funding for next year and an increase for that new flash-bang pizza. If no natural disaster, murder, chemical fire, hostage situation, or drowning has taken place in the current fiscal year, WATCH OUT MAN! LEO's gotta show he's needed. Spend it or lose it.....

[A2J]

Hey Dane, Curry!! You guys can have a smoke and high-five each other! Isn't it a shame when rascally totalitarians shoot and kill folks? Dang.

Collateral damage is hardly anything to high-five about.

[apochromat]

What did you bet? The big red nose, of the giant floppy shoes?

[A2J]

Dozens protest Preble County police shooting

Dozens?

Where's the outrage over this senseless killing, this murder by the "jack-booted thugs" of a useless war?

Why is it that only "dozens" of people are concerned over the vicious tactics used by police?

(sarcasm off)

[walkingdead]

"Spend it or lose it"

That reminds me of every other state/federal agency I can think of. I still have budget for road construction? Better buy 10,000 pairs of gloves and 20,000 shovels, and a storage unit to throw them in, that way I can get the same, if not more cash next year. Man I hate that stuff.

Now, you put this same scenario into the DEA, and look what you get. "If we don't bust some druggies today men, we're gonna lose budget for next year." "And you know what that means..... loss of donuts, and paid admistrative leave...."

[The FRugitive]

Noelle Bush gets away with Felony Fraud and Felony Possession of Crack Cocaine while this poor kid get's blown away by some brain dead pig.

[MrLeRoy]

I expect better from you.

Why? I don't.

[The FRugitive]

What if the police are telling the truth? That they raided the house, someone had a gun in their own home, so they shot him. It's unjustified homicide either way.

Excellent point.

[PaxMacian]

^5
HIGH Five
or
Zeig Heil!
click your
heels in
the blood
today for
tomorrow
follows and
freedom flows
faster upon sorrows.


The WOD is an unconstitutional and truly evil war against CITIZENS of this great country.

GOD MADE HERB
GOD SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD
GOD GAVE IT TO MAN

Genesis 1:11
Then God said, "Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb that yields seed, and the fruit tree that yields fruit according to its kind, whose seed is in itself, on the earth"; and it was so.

Genesis 1:12
And the earth brought forth grass, the herb that yields seed according to its kind, and the tree that yields fruit, whose seed is in itself according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.

Genesis 1:29
And God said, "See, I have given you every herb that yields seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.

[tacticalogic]

This is a tragic situation, a situation brought about by the glorification of drugs.

I'll file that one away alongside the "pot makes people liberals" theory/troll.

[MrLeRoy]

pointing out the fact of The Dayton Daily News's bias(Leftist/Socialist) is not an ad hominem attack

Yes it is---it amounts to saying 'their statement is false because they are leftist', which is a textbook ad hominem.

[The FRugitive]

I bet I have more sandwhich bags in my house than these guys did. I buy them at Sams!

Back in my pot smokeing days my mom brought me over several boxes of sandwish bags that she bought at Sams. I was allways more nervous about haveing so many sandwhich bags around then my bong and my pitifull stash of weed.

I mean if you've got sandwhich bags you must be a drug dealer!

[A2J]

If you'll stop using the pages of the Bible to roll your joints, you'll see that the Scriptures you quoted are not in support of drug use.

[The FRugitive]

Me too, I grab my .357 magnum if I hear an unexpected sound around my house.

[tacticalogic]

Uh pointing out the fact of The Dayton Daily News's bias(Leftist/Socialist) is not an ad hominem attack, no matter how much you whine.

Of course not. And the "doper" comment was relevant because it's common knowledge that everyone who smokes pot always lies.