Police Should Enforce Laws, Not Complain About Them
On Monday, I wrote about angry cop Jim Carnell, who attacked Massachusetts voters for supporting marijuana decrim. Yesterday, Boston Herald ran this response from NORML’s Paul Armentano:
It’s true and the more I think about it, the more crazy Carnell’s rant really is. He all but wishes out loud for the new policy to cause problems. Ideally, the law will work well, and even police should be hoping for a positive outcome, right?
If it turns out that marijuana decrim doesn’t create major problems, then everybody wins. And I’m quite sure that’s exactly what will happen, so long as Jim Carnell and his colleagues don’t find a way to screw this up.
Am I the only one who is troubled to learn that a public servant like Jim Carnell has such a low opinion of those he’s paid to protect ("Everybody musn’t get stoned," Nov. 8)?
According to Carnell, those 2 million Bay Staters who decided in favor of Question 2 are “starry-eyed nitwits†and those 100 million Americans who have ever tried pot are "cretins."
And the author’s home state is a national "laughingstock" because its voters enacted common sense pot policy that is nearly identical to the laws in Mississippi and Maine. Sorry Jim, but the joke’s on you!
It’s true and the more I think about it, the more crazy Carnell’s rant really is. He all but wishes out loud for the new policy to cause problems. Ideally, the law will work well, and even police should be hoping for a positive outcome, right?
If it turns out that marijuana decrim doesn’t create major problems, then everybody wins. And I’m quite sure that’s exactly what will happen, so long as Jim Carnell and his colleagues don’t find a way to screw this up.
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