There is just no limit to the stupidity that ensues when drug warriors develop a craving for attention:
Could there ever be a better example of the pettiness and triviality that characterizes the enforcement of our drug laws? Anyone watching this (which now includes a respectable segment of earthâs population), can plainly observe the amazing lameness that the war on drugs has instilled in our public servants.
What could possibly be said in defense of launching an entire police operation for the sole purpose of busting one guy for taking a bong hit at a party?
Who does he think heâs kidding? Everyone knows this would never be happening if Phelps wasnât rich and famous. At the risk of giving Sheriff Lott too much credit, I highly doubt this is standard procedure when he finds out someone smoked pot at a party months ago. Heâs either completely full of crap about his motivations for targeting Phelps, or heâs truly the biggest drug war jackass in the long and terrible history of the species.
Regardless, it has become perfectly clear that Sheriff Lott wonât stop until he puts the worldâs greatest athlete in handcuffs for smoking a bong at a party. With the whole world watching, this crazy cop is prepared to create one of the ugliest, dumbest spectacles in the history of our countryâs infinitely embarrassing war on drugs. Perhaps we shouldnât fault the man for being ambitious.
The Richland County Sheriff's Department has been taking a lot of heat from people in this country and all over the world.
They want to know why Sheriff Leon Lott is going after Michael Phelps.
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Lott says the picture indicated a law was being broken in his jurisdiction. He said he couldn't ignore the violation just because Phelps is rich and famous.
We've now learned that since investigators began trying to build a case, they've made eight arrests: seven for drug possession and one for distribution. These are arrests that resulted as the sheriff's department served search warrants.
We've also learned that the department has located and confiscated that bong. [WISTV.com]
Could there ever be a better example of the pettiness and triviality that characterizes the enforcement of our drug laws? Anyone watching this (which now includes a respectable segment of earthâs population), can plainly observe the amazing lameness that the war on drugs has instilled in our public servants.
What could possibly be said in defense of launching an entire police operation for the sole purpose of busting one guy for taking a bong hit at a party?
Lott says the picture indicated a law was being broken in his jurisdiction. He said he couldn't ignore the violation just because Phelps is rich and famous.
Who does he think heâs kidding? Everyone knows this would never be happening if Phelps wasnât rich and famous. At the risk of giving Sheriff Lott too much credit, I highly doubt this is standard procedure when he finds out someone smoked pot at a party months ago. Heâs either completely full of crap about his motivations for targeting Phelps, or heâs truly the biggest drug war jackass in the long and terrible history of the species.
Regardless, it has become perfectly clear that Sheriff Lott wonât stop until he puts the worldâs greatest athlete in handcuffs for smoking a bong at a party. With the whole world watching, this crazy cop is prepared to create one of the ugliest, dumbest spectacles in the history of our countryâs infinitely embarrassing war on drugs. Perhaps we shouldnât fault the man for being ambitious.
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