On 03/08/2010 02:59 PM, Ross Sauer -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 RS> "Ed Hulett -> Ross Sauer"  wrote in
 RS> news:20525$MATZDOBRE{at}JamNNTPd:

 RS>>> It is well known in Texas that our Law Enforcement Officers are
 EH>> the
 EH>> best in
 RS>>> the nation when it comes to that moment in time when the feet
 EH>> need to hit RS> the ground. When you call 911, you can bet that
 EH>> Texas Law Enforcement RS> Officers will respond quickly and deal
 EH>> with the situation at hand RS> decisively.

 RS>>> Once the Law Enforcement Officers deal with the criminal
 EH>> element,
 EH>> they pass
 RS>>> them off to the Texas Criminal Justice System. They are well
 EH>> known for RS> their "tough on crime" campaign
toting all of the old
 EH>> paradigms left over RS> from the Reagan administration.

 RS>>> This bring us to the story about a Tyler Texas man named Henry
 EH>> Walter RS> Wooten, 54 years old. Henry isn't the brightest toker in
 EH>> the world. He was RS> caught by law enforcement within 1000 feet of
 EH>> Ebenezer Day Care Center in RS> Tyler with baggies of weed in his
 EH>> pockets toking on a joint. On Thursday, RS> March 4th, Henry
 EH>> received 35 years in a state correctional facility.

 RS>>> Trey Cloud, DPS forensic chemist, testified that the weight of
 EH>> the RS> marijuana seized from Wooten when he was arrested was 4.6
 EH>> ounces, and the RS> packaging alone weighed 1.06 ounces. He also
 EH>> testified that the
 EH>> drug seized
 RS>>> from Wooten was indeed marijuana.


 EH>> http://www.dfwnorml.org/forum/here-home/tyler-texas-man-gets-35-
 RS> years
 EH>> -46- RS> ounces-marijuana-852.html

 EH>> Se what you mean about what?

 RS> The "Tough on drugs" policy.

Huh?

 RS> Was this guy at all violent?
 RS> Was he at all selling?

Who cares? This doesn't support your claim that more money is spent on
fighting pot use/possession than on much worse drugs like meth.

 RS> No, he was less than 1,000 feet from a day care center, (that's about
 RS> 1/5th of mile from a place he probably didn't even KNOW about,) and had
 RS> he .6 of an ounce less pot, he would have been charged with a
 RS> misdemeanor.

 RS> 35 years.

 RS> Yet if the same guy had 40 ounces of booze or malt liquor?
 RS> No charges.

Booze and malt liquor are legal in Texas, moron.

Ed

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