Cheye Calvo's story includes all the worst of what is, unfortunately, no longer a surprise for those of us who have followed the war on drugs and the concomitant militarization of police. Here is a short clip of his talk at the Cato Institute:
William F. Buckley, who by no means approved of drug use, had it right:
“Marijuana never kicks down your door in the middle of the night.
Marijuana never locks up sick and dying people, does not suppress
medical research, does not peek in bedroom windows. Even if one takes
every reefer madness allegation of the prohibitionists at face value,
marijuana prohibition has done far more harm to far more people than
marijuana ever could.”
Oh, and if Mayor Calvo's story doesn't give you nightmares, check out Cobb County, GA's Police Department's new toy:
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