Force Against Protesters Was Necessary Because Of… Drug Traffickers, Feds Assert
The supposed presence of “drug trafficking organizations†at protests in the wake of George Floyd’s death justified the use of “escalated force†at the demonstrations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection claimed in a memo revealed Wednesday.
There’s not any evidence to back up that claim in the memo, a copy of which was obtained by Yahoo News.
Nonetheless, at the top of an incident report dated Tuesday, the Homeland Security agency said that “due to nefarious actors and drug trafficking organizations using these protests as façades, there have been incidents where law enforcement (LE) officials have needed to respond with nonlethal and escalated force — incidents including the use of pepper spray, riot shields, and rubber bullets.â€
The claim came two days after the Justice Department signed off on a Drug Enforcement Administration plan to act as federal law enforcement at the protests outside of the agency’s usual narcotics activities.
HSBC bank drug money America’s war on the other Dark Meat in Iraq for oil dark skin death keep drugs illegal to drive down the price of oil so Iraq can pay for their own security against drug money funded violence and terrorism thanks to the 2007 denationalization of Iraq’s oil because of long American presence fighting drug money in a long war
The Christian Imperialists who run this country, like billy barr, are scared shitless of secular, progressive citizens.
Time to legalize ALL drugs AND remove drug enforcement from their duties.
billy barr’s fear of secularism manifests itself in corruption as well as revelations of his ignorance of secular topics like chemistry. A few more details reveal his current role:
And then there’s this:
Here’s what Wiki has to say about pepper spray:
Between the time Michigan voters approved medicinal cannabis and more than 10 years later when they approved recreational cannabis is the subject of a study that appears intended to form a basis for future propaganda against marijuana consumers. Observations the authors highlighted:
The complete report is available as a pdf here.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. Do not mistake changes in the system for an overall correction in what is inherently wrong with the system. Since the system is sick, manufactured out of racism and turned into ‘criminal’ to ‘protect us’, it must be recreated so Americans are in a system void of ultimate corrupting power and stereotypes of the other and then seeing criminal inside those stereotypes. Criminal, offender, convict, suspect, etc are terms that force blacks to fall through the filters of otherwise caring white Americans–blinded by tough on crime BS and lies. This 2nd Class Citizenship status is created through the process of being ‘arrested/cited’ and acts as bad gravity on the black community because of the family disruption and economic problems created by the law for the ‘offender’. When White owned jobs move across the ocean, then blacks are left with fewer, adding to the poverty, which drives up the crime created by the drug war and the policing of black communities to the point that offenders are simply manufactured like they were CDOs and other Junk Bonds in an Investment Bank. Made up laws that Americans have no choice but to accept, never voting for them and it creates criminals.
Rap music has long been the Canary in the Coal Mine: since its birth.
A message from Nora Volkow on racial discrimination:
https://www.drugabuse.gov/about-nida/noras-blog/2020/06/message-director-racially-motivated-violence#
Just remember to forget the role of NIDA in perpetuating the drug war before you read it.
Oh Nutty Nora…. is she still around? Anyone got an ice -pick?
ONDCP and its minions and allies are facing some very real challenges to their satraps.
The fact of the matter is that if the kind of desire for reform of police operations is focused on the (absolutely crucial) area of drug prohibition, drug prohibition will end overnight. The pols will fall over each other to show how ‘progressive’ they are (and claim credit for slaying this monster) to keep their jobs.
Long time Couchmates don’t have to be told about the DrugWar origin of police militarization, and the seemingly endless cycle of police alienation from the community leading to more brutality, more alienation, wash, rinse, repeat. Here’s a chance to finally break free of a policy maintained from misplaced missionary zeal (of a generation long dead) and just plain old garden variety spite.
A perfect opportunity has arisen to point at the true root cause, and invite some much-needed excavation; I believe this is what is commonly referred to as a ‘teaching moment’. I can think of few more qualified than those residing on the Couch.
Nora even has a little box attached to her blog: “Did you find this article useful?” …like the utilities help page has. Unlike them however there is no space to write what you actually thought of this disingenuous crap from “the director….”
Now, after years of being part of the mass incarceration program for people of color she’s become woke! After you with the icepick.
The government of Israel has just announced they are moving forward with the legalization of cannabis use for all citizens over the age of 21. They also promised to allow easier access to medical cannabis, erase criminal records of users, and advance controlled recreational sales.
MK Sharren Haskel (Likud) and MK Ram Shefa (Blue & White) will jointly advance the legislation,” said the two parties in a statement.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-announces-plan-to-push-cannabis-legalization-reforms/
Multiple drug references in the George Floyd killing:
Guess who’s fighting legalization in the promised land?
https://www.israelhayom.com/opinions/say-no-to-legalization/
David Simon has an idea on how to fix policing https://youtu.be/7wosUaszJ0A via @YouTube
The creator of “The Wire” has some choice words about the war on drugs. Its worth watching.
No denying now the DrugWar’s seminal, central role in the unfolding events we are literally witnessing before our eyes.
Keep in mind as well we are in a very real DEPRESSION. We’ve been saying here for years, dammit, for almost 2 decades that the DrugWar will be retired, partly through demographics, partly because a scheisse economy will not allow for its continuance.
Those most harmed by the DrugWar are now its new paymasters, tax-wise, and want nothing to do with it for a plethora of reasons manifesting as civil unrest. Remaining support for it faces literally a violent backlash, for its coupling with racism is historically undeniable. It’s been evident here for so many years, but the normies still need reminding that the DrugWar’s ideological parents were racism and bigotry.
Recall what happened when we made it a point to emphasize the connection between alcohol Prohibition and the cannabis version? Within weeks, the MSM was repeating that connection, to the point you are hard pressed, now, to find an article on cannabis that doesn’t mention prohibition.
It’s that time again, folks. Only this time, we really are going to end this monster. A horrible tragedy has opened the way to prevent any more such. You don’t have to work hard to establish that connection; we’ve all been there, before. In fact, it’s already being made there. Show Ethan Nadelmann’s TED talk on how the US infected the world with the DrugWar insanity (a few weeks after that concept appeared here). It won’t take much.
A whole galaxy of influences have finally met where a societal majority will reject the principles providing the foundation for drug prohibition. I fully expect a Federal re-legalization bill will pass legislative committees with almost unanimous support in Congress before the end of the year.
And then that fucking racist Trump will sign it…
The real joy will come from watching the heads of young Trump haters spontaneously combust when trying to hold two competing thoughts.
You’re actually very fucked up in the head.
lol. stfu, verdict.
I see Trump as a pragmatist. If he thinks there might be a slight advantage to ending cannabis prohibition on his watch as part of his ‘legacy’, then, if only out of sheer calculation, he’d probably do it.
“Let all the poisons that lurk in the mud, hatch out!” They are. The poisons of prohibition have been hatching out, singly, over the decades. Now, more and more are popping up to the surface, all at once, and the effect is finally waking up normies as to why police are so aggressive..and why it’s not a good idea to send your cops to a foreign country to train them. They might pick up some bad habits from their teachers…
Nice article at The Fresh Toast by an attorney:
It’s Time To Disband The DEA
https://tinyurl.com/y6uwgra7
… “The Drug Policy Alliance has long tracked racial disparities in the War on Drugs. Nearly 80% of people in federal prison and 60% of people in state prisons for drug offenses are Black or Latino. In addition, Black people and Native Americans are more likely to be killed by law enforcement than other racial or ethnic groups.”
“The DEA’s existence conflicts with the simple premise that Black Lives Matter. The DEA has endangered and ruined Black lives throughout its history, while never succeeding in its statutory role of preventing drug use and stopping the drug trade. Now the DEA is trying to arrest protesters who seek to ensure that America’s “crime fighters†finally stop endangering those they are sworn to serve and protect. The DEA encompasses all that’s wrong with policing in America. Shutting down the DEA will not immediately fix everything, but it would be a huge step in the right direction.”
“It’s time we disband the DEA.”
Daniel Shortt is an attorney at Harris Bricken and this article was originally published on the Canna Law Blog.
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Doesn’t it go without saying that anything bad that happens anywhere in the general vicinity of cannabis was caused by the cannabis?