Tuesday, March 21, 2006

The Police Chief Should Hang For This

These cops should be arrested: "The phrase 'police state' is often overused. It's almost a cliche. But if the Fairfax police department is serving every warrant with cops decked out in battle gear, I'm hard-pressed to come up with a more appropriate term.
And you'd be hard-pressed to argue against the fact that Fairfax's all-SWAT-all-the-time policy is the reason Culosi is dead. Had a couple of detectives served the search warrant, in the presence of a couple of troopers, he'd still be alive.
Let's also not lose sight of what precipitated this raid. Gambling. Fairfax cops sent a SWAT team after a bookie like Culosi (I'm not yet convinced he was a bit-time bookie, but let's assume) out of some paternalistic notion that the government is obligated to protect its citizens from wagering away their rent money.
Meanwhile, in 2004 alone, the Virginia lottery spent $21 million on 'advertising and marketing' aimed at persuading its citizens to gamble.
Odd form of paternalism, isn't it?"

Frightened righties - and that is their singular feature, are to be dismissed in any way possible. Insult them or, if you can, slap them silly. But always disrespect them and do whatever you can to help them to cease.

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