Cops mad at Eric Holder

[hardgainerj]

Organizations that include sheriffs, narcotics officers and big-city police chiefs slammed Attorney General Eric Holder in a joint letter Friday, expressing "extreme disappointment" at his announcement that the Department of Justice would allow Colorado and Washington to implement state laws that legalized recreational marijuana for adults.

Local law enforcement agencies rely heavily on the drug war for funding. Police departments are often able to keep a large portion of the assets they seize during drug raids, even if charges are never brought. And federal grants for drug war operations make up a sizable portion of local law enforcement funding.

The letter warns that marijuana can cause suicidal thoughts, impairs driving and is a "gateway drug." The missive does not, however, address the failure of law enforcement generally to reduce drug use, even while tripling the number of people behind bars. Instead, the police warn that liberalizing pot laws will lead to an increase in crime.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/30/police-eric-holder-marijuana-_n_3846518.html

[240 is Back]

joint letter

[Roger Bacon]

Only decent thing Holder has done IMO

[cswol]

Eric holder is one of the biggest slime ball homosexuals the US has ever seen, it's a shame the American public allows this guy to even live!

[Mr Nobody]

I wonder if any cops have ever taken pot home and smoked it from a person they arrested for it.

[Bindare_Dundat]

Only decent thing Holder has done IMO

Exactly. This is the first step in the right direction. It'll free up space in the courts and prisons for the true violent offenders. It'll save money and direct resources to things that are much more important.

Lets face it, marijuana is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, its about time this has happened. Anyone that thinks otherwise is living in the dark ages.

[hrspwr1]

"Local law enforcement agencies rely heavily on the drug war for funding"

 Its all about the $$$ for the cops, tough to buy armored trucks and machine guns without cash.

[f450]

fuck all cops. every fucking one of them. useless pieces of shit  

the true first responders, EMTs and Firemen, I have nothing but respect for them. Saving lives daily.

[arce1988]

Police departments are often able to keep a large portion of the assets they seize during drug raids, even if charges are never brought.

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criminals with badges

[thebrink]

Exactly. This is the first step in the right direction. It'll free up space in the courts and prisons for the true violent offenders. It'll save money and direct resources to things that are much more important.

Lets face it, marijuana is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things, its about time this has happened. Anyone that thinks otherwise is living in the dark ages.

Thats not they're real issue. They are pissed because this gives them one less aspect of peoples lives to police and many officers have made entire careers out of the "war on drugs." There is now less work for them to do.

[Mawse]

They want to keep the leverage it gives them, if they can't pin a real crime on a suspect then chances are they can get them for drugs then use that as leverage. I've known some truly disgusting cops who tried to get a guys ex wife to say he smoked weed around his kids when they arrested him for no actual reason and didn't want to be embarrassed

Holder is still a pos and "not challenging" is NOT the same as saying the DEA will stop overriding state laws and raiding dispensaries

[thebrink]

They want to keep the leverage it gives them, if they can't pin a real crime on a suspect then chances are they can get them for drugs then use that as leverage. I've known some truly disgusting cops who tried to get a guys ex wife to say he smoked weed around his kids when they arrested him for no actual reason and didn't want to be embarrassed

Holder is still a pos and "not challenging" is NOT the same as saying the DEA will stop overriding state laws and raiding dispensaries

this also.

bang on.