Those who support drug prohibition are the best friends the drug lords could ever hope for.
Drug warriors stand in eternal support of Osama bin Laden and worldwide terrorism; they are the wind beneath the wings of the barbarous cartels in Mexico and serve as home boys to the violent gangs that run roughshod in our neighborhoods. Drug war proponents have crafted policies that ensure ever increasing numbers of deaths from overdose, street corner shoot outs and from diseases that could have been prevented via a more intelligent policy. continued...
So you know. You know that when you arrest a dealer there's another one waiting in the wings ready to step in. So you know that even when you arrest hundreds of dealers, the drugs still reach the streets with very little disruption and someone is there to sell them. And so what do you do, Lieutenant Mark Jones, when you know this?
The arrests likely won't decrease, however.
"I think you'll continue to see over the next three to four months, more of what you've seen," Jones said.
Because... why? Because spending lots of money and ruining lots of lives is good for the war effort, I guess. And that's good for Jones.
"The officers actions were warranted. He was appropriate in his actions. He followed departmental protocol in trying to arrest a subject who tried to resist,"
~ Chief Deputy Jason Ard
Livingston Parish Sheriff's Office.