Which probably accounts in large measure for the raging hatred Blacks (and many Whites) are expressing toward cops. If all these arrests were legitimately for offenses which involve harming others, robbery, assault, rape, etc., I would have no problem with it I would be congratulating the cops. But the way most (all?) cops are jumping all over marijuana, which harms
no one, how can they expect an observant public to respect them?
Watch the TV "ride-along" documentary,
COPS and in every episode you will see cops somewhere in America wasting their time, some even participating in extremely dangerous high-speed pursuits, for nothing more serious than a little marijuana.
I want to see cops protecting some defenseless citizen against aggressive criminals. I want to see them capturing criminals who harm people. I'm truly sick of this drug war bullshit, which serves no constructive purpose but seems to occupy a substantial amount of all cops' time and effort.
I've been around long enough to know that the public was never as hostile toward the police as they've become since the drug war transformed the very nature of law-enforcement in America. It's gotten so bad there even is an organization which consists of some intelligent, very decent ex-cops who understand the harm marijuana prohibition has done to the relationship between the public and police. The name of this organization is L.E.A.P. (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) and it deserves our support. For more information on their activities, go here:
LEAP Law Enforcement Against Prohibition