I cannot believe this happens

[Lilith** 0]

So, someone can be shot dead for possessing marijuana which is less harmful than alcohol?

The reason being........ILLEGAL..........it isn't just a case of what is less harmful.......

[Melo 1]

Why not include these:

Rev. Accelyne Williams

Retired Methodist minister Accelyne Williams was chased around his Boston, MA apartment by members of a police team looking for drugs and guns, when he collapsed and died of a heart attack at the age of 75. Acting on a tip by an informant, the police conducted a no-knock raid.

No guns or drugs were found, as it was soon discovered they raided the wrong apartment!

Annie Rae Dixon

Age 84 and bedridden when she was killed by police in a 1992 drug raid in East Texas. No drugs were found in the home. A 28 year-old officer said his automatic pistol accidentally discharged when he kicked open Mrs. Dixon's bedroom door.

Earlier that night, an informant was given $30 to go into the Dixon home where he claimed he could buy drugs. He emerged with crack cocaine, but police did not search him either before and after the purchase. The informant reported that a few young women and children lived there, but he didn't know about the sick woman. Police got a search warrant and returned to the house just after 2 am. They sprinted up the ramshackle porch and smashed the front door with a battering ram. As they swept in, the officer kicked in the door to Ms. Dixon's bedroom and fell, slamming his elbow against the door and firing the gun. The officer said he collapsed and "started throwing my guts up crying because I knew I had shot somebody that didn't have no reason to be shot."

Scott W. Bryant

Age 29 at time of death when he was shot by police in Beaver Dam, WI, on April 28, 1995. Bryant was unarmed and did not resist in any way when police with a no-knock warrant charged through the door of his home. His 7-year-old son watched his father die, while an ambulance took 35 minutes to arrive. Police later reported finding less than 3 grams of marijuana (enough for 2 or 3 cigarettes. Police claim it may have been an accidental shooting.

Bruce Lavoie

On August 3, 1989, Lavoie lay peacefully sleeping in the room he shared with his young son in the village of Hudson, New Hampshire. At five in the morning he was awakened by a loud noise as his whole home was shaken violently. A battering ram had smashed his front door, and a dark band of armed men rushed into his small apartment. Rising to defend his son, Lavoie was shot to death as his little boy watched helplessly. They found one cannabis cigarette butt.

So, someone can be shot dead for possessing marijuana which is less harmful than alcohol?

The reason being........ILLEGAL..........it isn't just a case of what is less harmful.......

Murderers get less of a sentence than those found with marijuana... how on earth can you say that this is ok?

In case you are unaware - your President used to smoke marijuana... and if you read the link on this thread you will see that the Bush family can pretty much get away with blue murder:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=2250

[Lilith** 0]

You know....bad ###### happens Melo..........but if these ppl weren't breaking the law would that ###### happen? I don't have drugs in my house.....not 'one butt' not any....(and I am British btw....) I am not saying that all the things you have said aren't terrible, they are, .......I detest guns......and y'know what killed most of these ppl?

Edited February 15, 2006 by Lilith**

[Scott & Lai 12]

You know....bad ###### happens Melo..........but if these ppl weren't breaking the law would that ###### happen? I don't have drugs in my house.....not 'one butt' not any....(and I am British btw....) I am not saying that all the things you have said aren't terrible, they are, .......I detest guns......and y'know what killed most of these ppl?

Not all of the people in these stories even had drugs...yes, most of these people were killed by guns; guns in the hands of the authorities...the Bill of Rights has essentially been rendered null and void, largely as a result of the war on drugs.