Yes, there are several effects of cannabis that are well known, but your notion of the effects thereof of a person's life is merely something you've been told by people you trust and did not check their references. Reality does not bear them out.
Posted on 09/28/2006 5:26:29 PM PDT by Sir Gawain
Children handcuffed in police drug raid Dog also killed during bust; 18-year-old charged with misdemeanors, violation
By MIKE GOODWIN, Staff writer First published: Wednesday, September 20, 2006
SCHENECTADY -- A police strike team raided a woman's Prospect Street apartment and handcuffed her children and killed her dog early Tuesday in a $60 pot bust. The woman called it excessive force and a case of mistaken identity, but officers said they stormed the home for a good reason: One of her sons was selling marijuana there.
The Police Department's tactical squad knocked down the front door of the upstairs apartment at 110 Prospect St. and flooded into the apartment shortly after 6 a.m.
"I heard a big boom. My first reaction was to jump out of bed. We were trying to find where our kids were at and all of a sudden we had guns in our faces," said 40-year-old Anita Woodyear, who rents the second-floor flat.
During the ensuing chaos, police handcuffed two of the woman's children, Elijah Bradley, 11, and 12-year-old Victoria Perez, and shot at her dog in the kitchen before killing it in the bathroom, Woodyear said.
"That seems like an awful lot of firepower for marijuana," said Fred Clark of the Schenectady chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. "That's like spending $125,000 for $5."
Woodyear said she suspected police had intended to search a neighboring home, but had the wrong address on the search warrant. Neighbors said they suspect illicit drugs are dealt at other homes on the block.
"No apology, no 'sorry about your dog,' " she said.
But police said they have no reason to apologize. They said they raided the house because Woodyear's 18-year-old son, Israel M. Bradley, sold three plastic bags of marijuana there for $40 on Sept. 15. They allege he sold two other bags of marijuana in the house for $20 on Aug. 28, they said.
In addition, police said Bradley was carrying marijuana in the home on Sept. 1.
"We had the absolute right house. We had the absolute right target," said Assistant Chief Michael Seber.
Police said Bradley was one of several drug dealers they have under investigation on Prospect Street.
"The whole street is a mess right now. We'll be back," Seber said.
Bradley was arrested and charged with misdemeanor counts of criminal sale of marijuana, an offense punishable by up to one year in jail. He was also charged with unlawfully possessing marijuana, a violation.
Police Lt. Peter Frisoni said Bradley admitted he sold from the apartment in a statement to investigators after the raid.
"The moral of the story is: If you don't want officers barging into your house with their guns drawn, don't let drug dealers stay with you and deal drugs out of your apartment," Frisoni said.
Woodyear said she is appalled about the way her children were treated -- and said her 12-year-old daughter was hit with pepper spray.
The dog, a pit bull terrier named Precious, urinated on the floor in fear and tried to run from the police before it was killed, Woodyear said.
Police said the animal was aggressive and left them no choice but to shoot.
Elijah Bradley said he awoke to find armed men in his home. "They had the shotgun in my face," the 11-year-old said. "I punched at him. I didn't know who he was."
Police said they had reason to have weapons drawn. Their search warrant noted that among the things they planned to search for were firearms, although no handguns were found.
The NAACP has previously criticized how police conduct raids, most notably during an incident earlier this decade when a Hamilton Hill girl was held at gunpoint and handcuffed after her mother agreed to allow police to search their home for an armed man. The family later sued the city, but the jury awarded no damages. But Paul DerOhannesian, a defense attorney and former Albany County prosecutor, said such a response may have been warranted if police believed there were guns in the house.
"This type of search warrant execution can be very dangerous from a law enforcement point of view," he said.
"You're going to have a heightened sense or need for security for officer safety. You literally have no idea what you're walking into."
The libertarian argument has nothing to do with cost factors.
YES.
an 11 year old pusher deserves to be cuffed
I beg to differ.
They should have gone on to finish the job. Now the taxpayers will have to foot the bill for a trial. But why? We all know that he's guilty. Why would the police have kicked in the door if he wasn't? Why waste money on a trial? They should have shot the little bastard on the spot.
And when you get right down to it, why waste time waiting for the rest of her brood to go bad? Or for her to pop out more little hoodlums? You know how those people are. Once one goes "gangsta", the rest are sure to follow. The cops, if they were really on the ball, should have lined them all up in the street and popped each in the back of the head. You had better believe that that would send a message to the rest of the drug dealing neighbors!
SOP = "Standard Operating Procedure"
Yes, there are several effects of cannabis that are well known, but your notion of the effects thereof of a person's life is merely something you've been told by people you trust and did not check their references. Reality does not bear them out.
"Experiencing life shouldn't include the illegal use of drugs, alchohol, or any other substance that will alter your personality. If you think that by giving your children free reign to "experience life" you did them any favors your wrong. Discipline and accountability are much more important for children than leniency and freedom. IMO, your parenting style is both irresponsible and unaccountable. A parent is and should always be accountable for the actions of their children. If you think otherwise, than we can end this argument, because I honestly don't agree with any other parenting style. If you want to call me too strict so be it. BTW, until children reach voting age they have no rights and privilages other than those granted them by their parents. Unfortunately some children are given more rope than they deserve and end up hanging themselves or others in the process of "experiencing life"."
Obviously we have a disagreement in parenting. Course my parenting didn't mean my kids could abuse alcohol or drugs.
I do know they tried alcohol and am not sure about any drugs. If they ever did experiment I don't know and don't want to know. Regardless today my daughters are successful business women probably making more in a month than you ever made in a year. One is a real estate broker operating any agency with about forty agents. The other is a mortgage banker. So I am satisfied the wife and I were a positive influence in their lives.
Suffice it to say they would both be very disappointed to read comments like your above regarding their daddy and his parenting skills. Course they'll never know so flame away in your ignorant bliss.
Last year I was in Iraq and my unit occasionally went on raids. Usually someone kicked in the door, but we rarely had to shoot the dog-and pretty much every Iraqi household has one (though they aren't exactly pets).
This is bovine excrement.
"They should have gone on to finish the job. Now the taxpayers will have to foot the bill for a trial. But why? We all know that he's guilty. Why would the police have kicked in the door if he wasn't? Why waste money on a trial? They should have shot the little bastard on the spot.
And when you get right down to it, why waste time waiting for the rest of her brood to go bad? Or for her to pop out more little hoodlums? You know how those people are. Once one goes "gangsta", the rest are sure to follow. The cops, if they were really on the ball, should have lined them all up in the street and popped each in the back of the head. You had better believe that that would send a message to the rest of the drug dealing neighbors!"
Is this redcloak character for real or just forgot to sarc/off?
I am sitting here jaw dropped wondering what America am I
living in and what sort of sick pathetic alleged conservative is this on FR?
I think it needs to be repeated, because you missed something in what I said from the last post you're referring to.
"Yeah, the universities are full of math and science students that smoke pot while they study and before they take tests."
Standard Operating Procedure = SOP...My brothers son, yeah he is my nephew.....got into a situation. The K-9 units were called in. He was selling drugs or some other bad thing at a park. When the cops sent the dog after him, he fired a round in the general direction of the dog. Then he threw the pistol down and lay on the grass in the "position". Among the charges, were assault on a police officer, with a deadly weapon. The court found that he never intended to shoot at the human, but at the dog that was chasing him. He is locked away for 5-7. If a police dog chases you, treat him like a uniformed officer. You will be judged on how you treat him.
Yeah, I'm sure the cops did everything wrong, and this family didn't do anything wrong. They were perfect angels.
Oops... My bad!
(It is, however, pretty scary to think that something that should have been obvious sarcasm just blended right in with some of the other remarks. Normally, going "over the top" to make a point doesn't require solid rocket boosters!)
Ok, you're correct that I was harsh in my judgement. I apologize, truly. You are also correct in our difference of opinion on parenting. Let's agree to disagree and build the bridge here, how's that?
[Does not seem very complicated except to users and sympathizers.]
And the corollary of that is: it's pretty simple if you're ignorant and lack sympathy.
Good post.
It's obvious satire. Well written satire, too.
I thought it might be. But who are you?
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