American Police State Relies Completely Upon on Cannabis Arrests

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

NYPD's Racist "Stop and Frisk" Policy

NYPD’s Racist “Stop and Frisk” Policy

“The Whole System Relies on These Arrests”: The NYPD’s Racist Marijuana Arrest Crusade And Its National Implications:
http://www.alternet.org/story/155439/%22the_whole_system_relies_on_these_arrests%22%3A_the_nypd%27s_racist_marijuana_arrest_crusade_and_its_national_implications

(Alexander Zaitchik)  Every morning, several sheets of paper are posted to the walls outside the arraignment rooms of New York City’s Borough Courts. They list the names of the accused scheduled to appear before the judge and the legal codes of their offenses. On most days and across the city’s five boroughs, these lists include multiple names next to the numbers 221.10. This is the legal code for the misdemeanor charge of possessing small amounts of marijuana “open to public view,” meaning the public display or public smoking of pot. In 2010, more than 50,000 New Yorkers were arrested for violating 221.10. The number represented 15 percent of all arrests made by the NYPD and allowed the city to keep its crown of Marijuana Arrest Capital of the World.

Not that there is a credible challenger for the dubious honor. The high number of 221.10 arrests puts New York in a league of its own and has become a lightning rod in the national debate over race and the war on drugs. New York’s marijuana arrests, says a growing chorus of critics, are a prime example of how the nation’s drug laws disproportionately impact black and Latino communities.

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My Commentary: In 2008, cannabis arrests comprised half of all drug arrests:

Marijuana Arrests For Year 2008: 847,864 Pot Arrests Now Comprise One-Half Of All US Drug Arrests:
http://norml.org/news/2009/09/14/marijuana-arrests-for-year-2008-847864-pot-arrests-now-comprise-one-half-of-all-us-drug-arrests

The American Government is a Drug-Running Empire & the So-Called “War on Drugs” is Really a Profit and Control Mechanism for the Police State & Prison-Industrial Complex

As I scrolled through my Facebook news feed, I discovered the following artwork being shared from an acquaintance from here, and originally posted it to my own wall, along with commentary…

"Who is the drug dealer?"

“Who is the drug dealer?”

My CommentaryAmerica’s Failed “War on Drugs” & CIA Drug-Running Make Business BOOM for the Prison-Industrial Complex:
http://acidrayn.com/2009/10/30/americas-failed-war-on-drugs-cia-drug-running-make-business-boom-for-the-prison-industrial-complex/

Congress Authorizes Use of Drones Over American Skies

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses drones for surveillance along the border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection uses drones for surveillance along the border

Drones Over U.S. Get OK by Congress:
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/7/coming-to-a-sky-near-you/

(Shaun WatermanWashington Times) Look! Up in the sky! Is it a bird? Is it a plane? It’s … a drone, and it’s watching you. That’s what privacy advocates fear from a bill Congress passed this week to make it easier for the government to fly unmanned spy planes in U.S. airspace.

The FAA Reauthorization Act, which President Obama is expected to sign, also orders the Federal Aviation Administration to develop regulations for the testing and licensing of commercial drones by 2015.

Privacy advocates say the measure will lead to widespread use of drones for electronic surveillance by police agencies across the country and eventually by private companies as well.

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My Commentary: Under the Congress-approved “FAA Reauthorization Bill,” the FAA “projects that 30,000 drones could be in the nation’s skies by 2020,” because “the legislation would order the FAA, before the end of the year, to expedite the process through which it authorizes the use of drones by federal, state and local police and other agencies.”

Great! Domestic drone surveillance is EXACTLY what our brutal, over-militarized American police force needs! Now, we’ll all FINALLY be safe! ::whew!::

Government Continues to Use “War on Drugs” as Pretext for Tyrannical Police State

The following correspondence originally took place upon the Facebook wall of family…

2011-05-22 - Government Continues to Use 'War on Drugs' as Pretext for Tyrannical Police State

Sara: There goes a little more of our civil liberties being stripped away.

Cops Can Kick Your Door Down If They Smell Weed, Supreme Court Rules:
http://gothamist.com/2011/05/17/cops_can_kick_your_door_down_if_the.php

Andre S.: Weed?? ShEE-IT? If them numb-nut, cowboy’s smell, fried chicken coming from the corner of my house? Lol We guilty.

RaynAmerica’s Failed “War on Drugs” and CIA Drug Running Make Business Boom for the Prison Industrial Complex:
http://acidrayn.com/2009/10/30/americas-failed-war-on-drugs-cia-drug-running-make-business-boom-for-the-prison-industrial-complex/

Police Serve the State, Not the Tax-Payers

I originally posted the following news commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Peace Officer Versus Police Officer

Peace Officer Versus Police Officer

Why Fearing the Police Is Not Irrational:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/cohoon1.html

(Brian CohoonLewRockwell.com) – There was a day in America when we, the people, had great respect for the police. When they would ask you how you are doing, they sincerely wanted to know because they cared. That day has passed with barely a whisper or complaint. Today when a cop (they prefer to be called Police Officers, as they feel “cop” is somewhat derogatory) asks you how you are, they are not doing it because they care but rather to set you at ease so you feel that their follow-up questions are friendly and benign. Since for most of us, our likely contact with the police is during a traffic stop (this is actually an arrest. If you do not believe this, try and leave the scene of the top, or not stop in the first place), and the follow-up questions inevitably will be:

  1. Where are you coming from (sic)?
  2. Where are you going?
  3. What are you doing?
  4. Do you have anything illegal in your possession?

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My Commentary: It is the job of cops to intimidate you into incriminating yourself. So long as they can pretend a crime was committed, they are ensuring their own future job security. It is a glaring conflict of interest! And, they love to nab people for victim-free “offenses.” This type of busy-work keeps them from having to deal with real criminals, and situations that could potentially put their lives in real danger. Remember, the Prison Industrial Complex is mostly privatized now. Convicts in private prisons can be put to work for 25 cents an hour or less. So, it makes sense to fill jails with productive, functional citizens, rather than dysfunctional, violent offenders. They make much better SLAVE LABORERS! Research it! The same companies who own prisons lobbied for (and won) mandatory drug sentencing, and the “three-strikes” rule. No one should be accountable for failing to follow man-made laws! They are so unfair that they aren’t even clearly posted, and require no victim in order to be broken! The whole thing is a RACKET!