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It’s Not the Drug Laws, It’s the Corruption. 

I’ve held my peace about this Atlanta case [1], because there was something about it that simply did not add up.  Some information at some point was going to start leaping out at us… information that most critics would ignore.  And I think I’ve stumbled across it:

Whereas the majority of critics in the ‘sphere have been using this as an example to remove drug laws from the books, (sounding, in the process, like Andrew Sullivan attaching everything, every problem in the world, to the homosexual lifestyle, and the culture’s lack of support of it…) I think the ire at the death while justified, is mis-focused

I would suggest to you that the kind of violence that has occurred here can occur while enforcing any law.  One need look no further to prove that the New York City incident [2] where the groom was recently shot hours before his wedding.  Unless you’re going to suggest to me that that death had something to do with drug laws, the issue is obviously deeper than some people’s pet peeve. 

Discuss the validity of removing the drug laws if you will.  However; If you’re looking for a lever to remove the drug laws, this case isn’t it.  I submit to you, that the central issue in this case is not drug laws, not even ‘no knock’ warrants, but corruption. And frankly, I think we’ll find that there’s a little more in the way of corruption going on here, then simply bypassing established procedure. 

Just a hunch. 

Update: (Bit)

In conversation with David, I’ve come up with a line that I think describes my concern very well:

The problem isn’t that drug laws are being enforced… the problem is that other laws are being broken, by those sworn to uphold them.