[CPRB] Fwd: End militarization of police, drug laws

[John W.]

Courtesy of Carl Estabrook on the AWARE list:

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From: C. G. Estabrook <galliher at illinois.edu>
Date: Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 12:31 AM
Subject: [Peace-discuss] End militarization of police, drug laws
To: peace-discuss <peace-discuss at anti-war.net>


These two articles are typical examples of the need for

  [1] serious civic (not "civilian"!) review boards with the power of
subpoena and dismissal (both of which, e.g., the Urbana Civilian [sic]
Police Review Board lack, owing to the capitulation of the city government);
and

  [2] the end of all drug laws; America's second great experiment with
Prohibition has been as bad or worse than the first and should simply be
ended; the laws are used as a charter for police to suppress potentially
dissident groups (e.g., drug use is roughly the same for all races in the
US, esp. if controlled for class, yet drug prisoners are overwhelmingly
black).


"Dog Day Afternoon: The Militarization Of American Police"
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2009/09/17/dog-day-afternoon-the-militarization-of-american-police/

"Corrupt US officers admit to forced entry, theft"
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106565&sectionid=3510212
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