Driven By Drug War Incentives, Cops Target Pot Smokers, Brush Off Victims Of Violent Crime
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CHICAGO -- As Jessica Shaver and I chat at a coffee shop in Chicago's north-side Andersonville neighborhood, a police car pulls into the parking lot across the street. Then another. Two cops get out, lean up against their cars, and appear to gaze across traffic into the store. At times, they seem to be looking directly at us. Shaver, who works as an eyebrow waxer at a nearby spa, appears nervous.
"See what I mean? They follow me," says Shaver, 30. During several phone conversations Shaver told me that she thinks a small group of Chicago police officers are trying to intimidate her. These particular cops likely aren't following her; the barista tells me Chicago cops regularly stop in that particular parking lot to chat. But if Shaver is a bit paranoid, it's hard to blame her.
More nazi bullshit here - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/21/drug-war-incentives-police-violent-crime_n_1105701.html?ncid=webmail3
So drugs make money not only for dealers but for cops too. Now I see why no one wants to stop drug dealing, which would be pretty simple. In many places police stopped defending goods from bads and became just a tool for real reactionaries. We're back in Middle Age, which is a real bummer.
As Snake Plissken said "The Freedom Eagle has lost its feathers". :(