"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Child?
"People caught with small amounts of marijuana in New York State are supposed to receive no more than a $100 fine, the equivalent of a traffic ticket. Instead, in New York City, many such people are being accused of child neglect, even if they are never charged with a drug-related violation. And some have even lost custody of their children."
- Login to post comments
User Login
Search This Site
Recent comments
Root Strikers
Non-Voting
Civil Disobedience
Reprint Rights
Comments
Kinda hard to have much sympathy for the kind of people who would just stand there and watch state thugs kidnap their children.
"...while possession of small amounts of marijuana isn't a criminal offense, "publicly displaying" marijuana is. During stop and frisks, when police ask suspects to empty their pockets, the marijuana becomes visible. That allows for arrest for "public display"..."
Someone should advise those agents to also strip search the suspects and then they could charge them for "public indecency", as well. More revenue that way.