The drug war is a war on the American People it does much more harm than the drugs would if made legal!! Wake up take action stop this war started for pure racist reasons look it up!!

This is supposed to be America, not Nazi Germany!

Norman Lepoff, M.D. retired

Read and learn. God you people are IGNORANT. I live in Lima so you have no idea what happened. Certainly not from this poor excuse for journalism. Ream the forums on the bottom.

Oh yea, and the reason there was no blacks on the jury? SIMPLE! There are very few that are REGISTERED VOTERS.

http://www.limaohio.com/news/chavalia_26414___article.html/jury_scanlon....

Can all of you folks defending the cops please tell me the benefit to society of having these aggressive home invasions by police?

Can you explain why the same tactics aren't employed against white middle-class drug dealers?

When enforcement of a law causes more damage than the behavior prohibited by that law, then something is seriously wrong.

Regardless of costume & pretense a home invader is a home invader... and deserves 2 to the chest and 1 to the head... to make sure they are good and dead!

Never pity the legions of extremely violent prohibitionist assholes that attempt to alienate us from our inalenable rights.. instead shoot the criminals that seek to kill or incarcerate those that dare to disagree... it's part of your right to pre-emptive self-defense!

You christian prohibitionist fucks sicken me, always have, and should know that your life isn't worth my dogs life!

Truth is Treason in the Kingdom of Lies - Ron Paul

In the Kingdom of the Blind the one-eyed man is king - Erasmus

Be looking for you in hell asshole!

Get these ninja cops out of my face!!!! This stupid sense of entitlement these dirty muthafuckah exhibit is got to be characteristic of the jack boot gestopo...dis-arm these punks and lets see what they're made of...

By the way, this did not make the 24 hour news perpetrators, but let a white girl go missing on vacation anywhere in the world and she'll become every other story on these racist programs, sending the message that other than mainstream white people are not valuable people...we should stop buying products advertised on these "news" stations!!!!! especially Fox/Fucs!!!!!

and still went in with guns drawn. Does anybody give a damn about the effect of this violence on children?

This child, by virtue of being a black make living in the "land of the free" already had a one in three chance of spending part of his life in prison. Now, he will have a constant reminder of what happened to his mother, every waking moment for the rest of his life. Would anybody care to guess what kind of man he will grow up to be?

What kind of society are these reckless destroyers of families creating for our children's children? Does anybody care?

This is the same old american so called justice at the expense of another human being who society seems to deemed worthless and non productive part of society...these were two innocent lives who were classifieds as criminals....and that's bullshit...how much money and time goes in the training of these so-called protectors of our communities...and he believed he was being shot at by a shadow figure...that is bullshit and the officer knows it as well as the idiot jury....they could of cared less if their was innocent person or a gun welding manic in that house...they went their to kill because they could and did get away with it....this world is one big fucking joke...and I'm personally am tired of it....I can protest til the day I die and nothing is going to change....If there is a higher being that created all this...needs to come show these so-called powers to be that their no different then that mother and child who were injured and murdered

I can't believe the jury's decision! How much longer are American citizens going to tolerate these legally armed sociopaths? Takes a 'real man' to shoot an unarmed woman and an infant. I wonder just how tough these guys would be without their guns?

That's the kind of people that support this drug war and always will.They have no empathy or humanity and are absolutely convinced that they are right and everyone else is an enemy of whatever state they stand for.They get drunk every weekend and cannot tolerate anyone doing what they cannot.They believe every piece of crap out of ONDCP and think they stand for justice,when they have no concept of the meaning of the word.They want more prisons and will call for them until the knock comes at their door.Then they'll be taken away with tears flowing down their two faces.

I see shows on t v all the time where a lot of cops fire a whole lot of shots at a "suspect", Like 7 cops shoot over 40 rounds at one guy alone in a small pickup truck, at almost point blank range, and the guy was hit with three bullets. WTF? what, did they all just close their eyes and pull the triggers? What ever happened to "TRAINING"? It's bullshit! And they put it on t v like it's OK. people don't even ask about that kind of stuff. Some people even try to twist up these things by trying to turn the issue into a "Black & White thing. Believe me, this crap is happening to white people too! Please stop seperating us! We need to stick together on this. It does no good to try to fight them as smaller groups. We need to keep our numbers TRUE! Because we we are all Americans. We Should have a voice! I am afraid for us All. I'm not Black, I'm not White, I'm not Asian, or American Indian. I don't want a Race! I'm so tired of the race thing. I just want people to wake up and take care of each other. And stop these Pigs from hurting anyone else! They have no right to do this to the people they are hired to protect! We're letting them do it. Please stop.

I can assure you that the tactics that are used in crack search warrants are the same ones applied toward a "white middle- class drug dealer". The problem is it doesn't make the news when a white police officer injures a white middle class drug dealer. The unfortunate thing is that there is usually more of a chance of violence while executing a crack search warrant. For whatever reason there are usually quite a few people present as well as dogs (more often than not pit bulls) and guns.

Obviously the people in the crack house deserve to be treated with as much respect as those in a white neighborhood, and they usually are afforded this respect. I know that me stating that I am an undercover drug agent will get me a lot of flak on this website, but I can assure you that I have the community's best interest in mind. Scoff if you will, but I know my heart and thoughts and I feel confident that I know those of the men in and women in my unit.

The fact of the matter is that drugs ruin people's lives. I see it day in and day out where families are devastated by their loved ones. Drugs aren't a victimless crime. The children and spouses of those who are addicted pay a high price. Addicts steal from everyone, loved ones and strangers. They rob people and sometimes innocent people die by their actions.

I feel very sorry for the woman and her family that lost her life during this search warrant. I pray everyday that I never have to take someone's life and thank god for the last ten years I haven't had to. Unless you run into a dark building full of a lot of unknowns fully aware that the next thing you may see is a muzzle flash and then silence, it is hard to judge. That officer had to make a split second decision and made it. It cost a woman her life, but it is something that he will live with forever. I do not know the specifics of this case and have no idea what this officer's background is, but I can almost assure you that he did not go into that house wanting to kill a woman in front of her children.

Drug dealers for the most part are predators. They feed upon people in their darkest times by offering them something that will take all their pain away. It doesn't take their pain away, but it will take everything else away. Then the buyer (victim) becomes an addict and starts to hurt all those that care for him. When they get too desperate complete strangers are caught up in their situation. Let’s face it, when was the last time that someone robbed a store or ripped off an old lady's purse so he could pay his car insurance? It hasn't happened. They aren't feeding their kids with that money or paying the electric bill. They are walking a hundred yards down the street and buying a piece of crack cocaine that gets them high for twenty minutes, and then they do it all over again.

Police aren't just here to protect the innocent, sometimes we have to protect people from themselves. Addicts are these types of people. They keep stealing from people and eventually they will get hurt by someone. I love to see an addict clean up and make something of themselves. I never look down on anyone for being an addict, because given the right circumstances that could be me. I have no idea how I would react if I lost my family suddenly. As long as law enforcement treats people with compassion they can still effectively do their job. I'm fully aware that the majority of cops do look down on people, but that is a fault and hopefully one day they will fix it.

Thank you for listening to me now let the berating begin. Be safe all.

Congratulations to the undercover drug agent prepared to cop the berating from 'Freedom Lovers'

As an ex cop I know what you say is true.

To the beraters, consider this, without the men and women you so easily condemn for a mistake made in the time it takes you to blink an eye, without them and the courage they display every day, the 'freedom' to express yourself and protect your 'castle' would disappear in anarchy.

Look around the world and see what lawlessness looks like for the weak and the innocent, it's not a pretty picture.

Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.