Feb 26, 2021 KHQ
Good News?
Bad News?
Love to see an end to suspicionless drug dog searches of vehicles.
April 28, 2014 The Washington Post
Illegal roadside search of Star Trek fan brings $100K settlement
“Huff’s lawsuit revealed a number of abuses, including an incredible admission from Reichert that he would sometimes wipe marijuana on cars parked in motel parking lots in order to test his drug dog. He’d do this without the owners’ permission. This is significant, because a drug dog’s “alert” is sufficient probable cause for a search.”
“Through out the course of this case, the city of Collinsville has done an excellent job of preventing us from getting the videos that would we believe will prove that we were not the first bad traffic stop for Officer Reichert.”
“The silver lining: The Seventh Circuit ruling in our favor. Huff v Reichert is now published and precedent within the Seventh Circuit and pursausive throughout the United States. The flimsy excuses used as reasonable suspicion by Reichert were deemed invalid and the court re-affirmed that police officers have rules to abide by just like everyone else.”
Love to see an end to suspicionless road blocks and checkpoints.
Local history:
In 2008, Washington was one of several legal medical marijuana states.
Olympic Peninsula immigration checkpoint:
At a checkpoint- away from any border crossing or port of entry- the US Border Patrol stopped a legal medical marijuana user with a legal amount of medical marijuana. He was a passenger in a car:
Small-scale pot busts snared in Border Patrol stops
Suspicionless checkpoints and bus boardings- away from border crossings and ports of entry were later shut down. Details here:
Saying No to the federal government
Questions Newspeople Will Not Ask
It took a constitutional amendment to prohibit the sale of a glass of wine- why no constitutional amendment to authorize a federal prohibition of marijuana?
Sending US Troops to Syria, Lebanon, Somalia, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Iraq, Bosnia, etc., is somehow defending the constitution?
What becomes of American rights and freedoms and the constitution when the US returns from distant lands without a victory?
Podcast 9 Defending The Constitution?
Have opioid lawsuits, and a $49.8 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has General Milley’s Operation Macho Swagger reduced access to cartel product anywhere in the US?
Has there been enough time for newspeople to ask questions?
Newspeople remain silent.
April 1, 2020 C-SPAN
WWII costume reminds us of a time before decades of undeclared/unwon wars stacked up.
The Department of Defense track record goes back to 1949.
Seattle – Will it be OK to camp on the sidewalk?
Call the drugs legal or call the drugs illegal.
For years now, Seattle has had a problem with homelessness and camping on the sidewalk and in city parks.
What’s the plan?
Will it be OK to camp on the sidewalk?
Mainstream Media And The Drug War
Voting is highly emphasized in American culture. Asking questions related to public policy takes a lower priority.
Are newspeople forbidden to ask questions related to Homeland Security funding and performance?
What We Have Now:
A $49.8 billion US Dept. of Homeland Security that fails to keep cartel product from showing up all over the US.
Billions of dollars spent every 12 months to keep bad people from coming here to do bad things.
Newspeople ask zero questions in this area.
The press release style of news reporting means that a statement is prepared by whatever agency was involved in the latest drug bust/federal grant money award, etc. Newspeople post this statement as is.
A 5th grade book report would require more in the way of asking questions.
Feb 22, 2021 KRGV
Wife of drug kingpin ‘El Chapo’ arrested on US drug charges
Alternative media might ask:
Has arresting top celebrities in the drug war ever resulted in any shortage of cartel product, anywhere in the US?
Newspeople remain silent.
Federal Agents Swing Into Action – Zero Questions From Newspeople
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A symbol of the press avoiding a chance to ask questions.