[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Libertarian Party: Police should stand down in Ferguson, MO; end failed drug war

Thu Aug 14 20:11:16 EDT 2014

I read the title without the colon at first:
Libertarian Party Police...

It is interesting they they take care to say "Ferguson" not StLouis.  It 
really is St Louis although
it is a part of StLouis close to the airport.

Ferguson MO sounds like some podunk place like Animal, MO.

I somewhat disagree with this statement:

    The war is not against tyrants who have invaded America or
    terrorists who commit mass murder.

However I see little hope of the confilct spreading, as the tyrants are 
directing their activities against vulnerable black minorities and the 
relatively well-off whites are not being aroused sufficiently for the 
uprising to spread successfully to the point that the desirability of 
militarized police will be questioned much.

On 08/15/2014 03:01 AM, C. G. Estabrook via Peace-discuss wrote:
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>> *From: *"Libertarian Party " <info at lp.org <mailto:info at lp.org>>
>> *Subject: **Libertarian Party: Police should stand down in Ferguson, 
>> MO; end failed drug war*
>> *Date: *August 14, 2014 at 1:33:18 PM CDT
>> *To: *<carl at newsfromneptune.com <mailto:carl at newsfromneptune.com>>
>> *Reply-To: *info at lp.org <mailto:info at lp.org>
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>> Libertarian Party 
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>>     For Immediate Release
>>     August 14, 2014
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>>     Contact: Media Coordinator, Molly Schwoppe • (202) 333-0008
>>     •media at lp.org <mailto:media at lp.org>
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>>     *Libertarian Party: Police should stand down in Ferguson, MO; end
>>     failed drug war*
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>>     Militarized police in Ferguson, Mo., after the August 2014
>>     shooting death of Michael Brown.
>>     <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35642789&msgid=488211&act=OLKP&c=1086021&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lp.org%2Fnews%2Fpress-releases%2Fpolice-should-stand-down-in-ferguson-mo>
>>     *Militarized police in Ferguson, Mo., after the August 2014
>>     shooting death of Michael Brown.*
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>>     Tear gas, unrest, controlling the press, and the killing of
>>     alleged innocents are outcomes one would expect politicians to
>>     rationalize as inevitable in a war zone.
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>>     But these atrocities are happening in American cities — now in
>>     Ferguson, Mo., in the heart of the United States.
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>>     The war is not against tyrants who have invaded America or
>>     terrorists who commit mass murder.
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>>     No, the war is one that Democratic and Republican politicians are
>>     waging against fellow Americans who are hurting no one else.
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>>     The War on Drugs is frequently used to justify police who accost
>>     minorities walking down the street or otherwise engaged in
>>     peaceful behavior. This may have been what precipitated the
>>     killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown over the weekend, leading to
>>     riots and another shooting on Wednesday.
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>>     Although all the facts of this case are not yet known, the War on
>>     Drugs can be blamed for breeding the tension and resentment that
>>     has led to the dangerous rioting we now see in Ferguson.
>>
>>     "The militarization of our domestic police forces must end," said
>>     Nicholas Sarwark, chair of the Libertarian National Committee.
>>     "The failed War on Drugs must end. And there's no circumstance in
>>     which any government authority should attempt to silence or
>>     suppress the news media or people peacefully observing
>>     policeconduct."
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>>     So far, police in Ferguson have placed two reporters under arrest
>>     — one for the/Washington Post/and one for the/Huffington Post/—
>>     along with an observer, a St. Louis alderman.
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>>     The Libertarian Party calls on the St. Louis County Police
>>     Department to:
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>>       * Release the name of the police officer who shot Michael Brown.
>>       * Let the investigation into the shooting play out without
>>         escalating tensions.
>>       * Stop arresting reporters and observers in blatant violation
>>         of the First Amendment
>>       * Stand down and withdraw the militarized response.
>>
>>     The Libertarian Party also denounces and demands accountability
>>     for protesters who vandalize, loot, and destroy private property
>>     and thus victimize innocent small business owners.
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>>     The War on Drugs has been the rationale for the militarization of
>>     domestic police forces, a factcovered extensively by/Washington
>>     Post/reporter Radley Balko
>>     <http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=35642789&msgid=488211&act=OLKP&c=1086021&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-watch%2Fwp%2F2014%2F06%2F24%2Fnew-aclu-report-takes-a-snapshot-of-police-militarization-in-the-united-states%2F>.
>>     The Libertarian Party calls for repeal of the National Defense
>>     Authorization Act (NDAA), which provides for dispensation of
>>     military equipment to federal and state law enforcement agencies
>>     for "counter-drug activities," and also calls for immediately
>>     ceasing the acquisition and use of military surplus equipment and
>>     supplies by domestic police departments.
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>>     America's senseless and reckless War on Drugs has ruined
>>     thousands of lives. It has failed to serve any useful purpose. It
>>     has failed to reduce dangerous use of drugs — and, in fact,
>>     encourages drug addiction. It has failed to make our streets safe
>>     — and has made them dangerous. It has failed to institute justice
>>     — and instead inflicts continual miscarriages of justice.
>>
>>     The Libertarian Party has long advocated for an end to the failed
>>     and dangerous War on Drugs. Twenty-seven Libertarian candidates
>>     running for federal office in 2014, and many more running for
>>     state and local office across the country, have pledged to end
>>     the War on Drugs if elected.
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