State police raid of Narragansett smoke shop turns violent! (Jack-Booted Thug Alert!)

The Providence Journal Online ^ | 07/14/2003 | Associated Press

[verity]

For those who do not, it is.

[Skywalk]

Perhaps my two friends will tell me what evidence we had of the NY state troopers being thugs before this incident?

Or ver dey just followink orderz?

[Outlaw76]

< sarcasm >
Oh come on now tscislaw, If you had been reading the threads about that Woodring fella you'd know the police never do anything wrong and have every right to do anything they please. I even read one post that said they are bound by law to do things by the rules. So you know they did everything perfectly.

< /Sarcasm >

[CWOJackson]

I think it has nothing to do with Woodring so I'm not much interested.

[sweetliberty]

I'm on the side of the Indians on this. The government is out of control and we certainly do need some serious tax revolt.

[Skywalk]

Of course not.

Nothing is related in this world, just a series of unconnected events. People's suspicions are totally unfounded, just paranoia.

Move along.

[Old Professer]

You really must get a dictionary; the populace of a large city is often referred to as populous, but the terms are not interchangeable.

[Skywalk]

No, they just don't post on these threads. It would blow their fantasy.

[Old Professer]

Who smokes any less?

[Old Professer]

You left out the apostrophe.

[Old Professer]

It's not crashing; more like melting.

[Old Professer]

Burger King?

[Old Professer]

Hell, we ARE the AARP and the NRA!

[tgslTakoma]

WBZ4(Boston station)'s main page has video of the raid that you can watch. (Look just below the "headlines" section.)

[takenoprisoner]

There's something about food that makes it addictive. I can't quiet put it together yet, but I know there is something suspect about food and the addictions associated with it.

[kristinn]

Much more info and backgound here.

[takenoprisoner]

This time they only arrested them. Fortunately these Indians had enough sense not to resist. This good sense allowed them to live. If they persist though, next time could be different.

[Fred Mertz]

Look at #35.

[Old Professer]

You are simply wrong.

In your lifetime you have not paid one dime to support a smoker, but you have paid many dollars to support stationary gum-chewers, paunchy paper-pushers, doughty doughnut chompers, bipedal broom supports, chapped-elbow Formica polishers, tetrahedonal tag ticketers, peaked-capped bunk ballasts, white-smocked steno-stool torturers, and a raft of green-shaded calculator clickers who, among countless others make up that universe at odds with the working public known as government.

Smokers pay more in taxes than any other group on the planet, bar none.

[takenoprisoner]

Now this is the stuff FR was once famous for. Witty folk with something challenging to offer. Thanks for the memories professer.