War On Drugs

Photo Archive The guy sitting in back on the driver's side and wearing a white shirt is Police Superintendent Phil Cline, who's retiring soon—probably a little sooner than he planned, due to the Abbate mess. Given the long history of police harrassment of gays, transvestites and, well, almost every other group represented at the parade, it is kind of nice to see police … [Read more...] about The Most Disturbing Sight at the Gay Pride Parade

Lately I've been blogging about some scandalous behavior by Chicago Cops. There's been some bad stuff in the news, with more to come, but the Windy City has nothing going on that remotely compares to what happened in Atlanta last November. That's when Atlanta cops shot and killed 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston during a drug raid. When the cops entered her home, she apparently … [Read more...] about The Murder of Kathryn Johnston

Pete Guither posts an article entitled "Quote of the day" in which he cites Bill Maher: I mail myself a copy of the Constitution every morning just on the hope that [the government] will open it and see what it says. That's a pretty good line. However, a few posts later, Pete is discussing an editorial which derides our nation's wasteful anti-drug efforts in Columbia only to … [Read more...] about Real Quote Of the Day

All week long, I've been covering the story of Barry Cooper's Never Get Busted Again video and of the reactions to it from various places, especially the folks at the Flex Your Rights Foundation. The difference in approach is fascinating. I didn't say much about it in my review, but Barry Cooper is fun to watch. When he's talking about claims that drug dealers sell to … [Read more...] about Barry Cooper and the Flex Your Rights Foundation

I just received another mass mailing from Barry Cooper at NeverGetBusted. Most of it is a copy of the points from FlexYourRights that he agreed with, as I mentioned at the bottom of my previous post. Then at the end he mentions a few other things: NEVERGETBUSTED IS WORKING ON A NEW PAGE FOR OUR WEBSITE!!!!!! The page will map the exact highways you are likely to encounter a … [Read more...] about More Email From Barry Coooper