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To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (97865)	4/8/2015 12:18:15 PM
From: John	3 Recommendations Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ Honey_Bee slowmo Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

Every time $hitstain speaks, he runs afoul of the law. Hopefully, Officer Slager has a good team of attorneys who will defend him using this rule: en.wikipedia.org excerpt: Under U.S. law the fleeing felon rule was limited in 1985 to non-lethal force in most cases by Tennessee v. Garner, 471 U.S. 1. The justices held that deadly force "may not be used unless necessary to prevent the escape and the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious bodily harm to the officer or others." A police officer may not seize an unarmed, nondangerous suspect by shooting him dead...however...Where the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a threat of serious physical harm, either to the officer or to others, it is not constitutionally unreasonable to prevent escape by using deadly force. —Justice Byron White, Tennessee v. Garner -- There it is. It falls on the officer's judgment, and he exercised that judgment. The perpetrator had fought with him, resisted arrest and was fleeing the scene of a crime. The officer performed his duty under the law. Any reasonable person would consider someone who just fought with an officer and resisted arrest as dangerous. Police officers are trained to understand that fleeing criminals, especially ones who resist arrest and fight, pose risks to innocent people in society, and it is their duty to stop them using any means necessary. Nothing at all was said when a Black police officer shot and killed a White college student in Florida when he was outside and naked on campus, souped up on drugs, and completely unarmed, but it becomes a national headline news case each time a White police officer performs his duty under the law. To hell with all of this weak-a$$ softness on crime in our society. Kill more perps! I wish I could be on the jury in this case. I would definitely not convict the officer of any charge. Hopefully, everyone on the jury will hold the same view. Not guilty!

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (97865)	4/9/2015 10:42:26 AM
From: Gersh Avery	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Well .. it's working like I said it would. Legalization (in whatever form) of marijuana would hurt the Mexican drug cartels. In a way nothing else can. We took their customers away. time.com U.S. Legalization of Marijuana Has Hit Mexican Cartels’ Cross-Border Trade Ioan Grillo/Mexico City @ioangrillo April 8, 2015 Manuel Velasquez—Anadolu Agency/Getty Images Soldiers escort Los Zetas drug cartel leader Omar Trevino Morales in Mexico City on March 4, 2015. The cartels are still smuggling harder drugs but advocates point out the success of legalization in cutting illegal trade In the midst of this seething mountain capital, Mexico’s security ministry houses a bizarre museum — a collection of what the army seizes from drug traffickers. The Museo de Enervantes, often referred to as the Narco Museum, has drug samples themselves (including the rare black cocaine), diamond-studded guns, gold-coated cell phones, rocket-propelled grenades and medals that cartels award their most productive smugglers. It also shows off the narcos’ ingenuity for getting their drugs into the United States, including “trap cars” with secret compartments, catapults to hurl packages over the border fence and even false buttocks, to hide drugs in. Agents on the 2,000 mile-U.S. border have wrestled with these smuggling techniques for decades, seemingly unable to stop the northward flow of drugs and southward flow of dollars and guns. But the amount of one drug — marijuana — seems to have finally fallen. U.S. Border Patrol has been seizing steadily smaller quantities of the drug, from 2.5 million pounds in 2011 to 1.9 million pounds in 2014. Mexico’s army has noted an even steeper decline, confiscating 664 tons of cannabis in 2014, a drop of 32% compared to year before.

To: GROUND ZERO™ who wrote (97865)	4/17/2015 11:22:53 PM
From: Gersh Avery	1 Recommendation Recommended By GROUND ZERO™ Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

Atlanta, Ga. – In a surprising move, CNN is reporting that marijuana may be a potential cure for certain types of cancer after numerous studies have shown the viability of cannabis as a potential cancer treatment. The report of marijuana being a potential cure was less surprising than the fact that it was covered prominently by a mainstream media outlet. The stunning admission comes as Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s Chief Medical Correspondent, has gone on record stating, “It’s time for a medical marijuana revolution.” Read more at thefreethoughtproject.com Sunday night on CNN. 9PM EDT At this point, I figure I'm five years ahead of them.