[CedarDave]

Neighbor's had long suspected that drug activity was occurring at the house and even painted "drug house" on the street with an arrow pointing to the house. Officers searching after the deaths found multiple cellular telephones in the residence as well as drug paraphernalia which had what appeared to be heroin residue on them. Two of the three killed had a drug habit.

[CedarDave]

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[DoughtyOne]

Well at least they no longer have a drug habit.

[BBell]

“She was feisty, very smart, and had a good sense of humor,” Duckworth said. “And she was a free spirit. She did it her way.”

That statement is questionable. She's a freed spirit now

[House Atreides]

Drug addiction or not, these cold-blooded murderers should receive a swift death penalty.

[Nifster]

A true shooting gallery

[Gen.Blather]

Uhm...video camera facing the bed...Humm.

Also, why would somebody conducting illegal activities in the house have a video system inside the house? What was the purpose, so they could go rob somebody who robbed them?

[fishtank]

Also:

http://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/police-dixon-killings-caught-on-home-video/article_8f2fecf5-a64f-5aa7-9ba9-22f18040b304.html

[fishtank]

John Powell - the murderer who's crying because he's scared of prison

[Verginius Rufus]

John Powell and his brother Roger Gage? Different surnames. Same mother but different fathers?

[kaehurowing]

Drug dealers need to be publicly executed.

[sargon]

Neighbor's had long suspected that drug activity was occurring at the house and even painted "drug house" on the street with an arrow pointing to the house. Officers searching after the deaths found multiple cellular telephones in the residence as well as drug paraphernalia which had what appeared to be heroin residue on them. Two of the three killed had a drug habit.

Wasn't Alcohol Prohibition great?

From 1920 to 1933, Alcohol Prohibition created a black market for that drug, virtually guaranteeing an increase in violent crime, whether organized or otherwise, and all other crimes related to Contraband Law. In addition, "buyers and "users" of the drug experienced elevated health risks for the buyers of the drug dealers' liquid contraband—Americans who were also deemed criminals, of course, and of whom there were countless millions.

Sound familiar?

Ain't Alcohol Drug Prohibition great?

And ain't the ever-expanding Police State necessary to enforce Contraband Law great—replete with its routine exercise of Tyrannical and/or unconstitutional powers?

Recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions have made a total mockery of Fourth Amendment rights by effectively eliminating the meaning of "probable cause" with respect to police conducting warrantless searches of vehicles being operated on public roads.

Oh, a police officer must still have probable cause to perform a warrantless search of such a vehicle—but he or she can literally manufacture it out of thin air. For example, an officer can simply say "I think I smell marijuana" (or crack smoke, for that matter)—whether he or she actually smells anything incriminating or not—and viola: probable cause! That is the state of things, and that is de facto unlimited warrantless search power in such circumstances.

Now there is simply no way that the Constitution can be legitimately construed to grant such unlimited power. It's antithetical to the Constitution's entire purpose for existing—and yet over and over, Supreme Court decisions have "interpreted" that document in such a way as to grant such limitless powers to the federal government as well as all levels of Law Enforcement.

But I digress.

In any event, American nanny-staters who consider themselves "conservative" ostensibly believe in "limited government"—except, of course, when it doesn't suit their Big Government "solutions" for addressing society's problems like drug abuse (which includes the drug alcohol). Their impulses are often well-meaning—and sometimes self-righteous—but their remedies are excessively authoritarian (and unconstitutional when considered in the spirit of that document, IMHO) and, not coincidentally, antithetical to any authentic concept of limited government.

"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for."—Will Rogers