This Is What the So-Called Drug War has Come to in the USSA
December 12, 2006
8:06 a.m., MT

If you've supported the war on drugs, if you've supported cops who interfere with a person's right to put into his or her body whatever substance he or she wants, if you've felt just a twinge of pleasure reading about the effectiveness of no-knock raids, you've helped create the environment that enables disgusting scenes such as this:

Words fail me—I just can't communicate how horrified I am at seeing such a photo and thinking of what that child went through, and is probably still dealing with. Does he know that a picture of him urinating was taken, and is online where millions of individuals can see it? I posted it here (and have saved a copy on my hard drive) with some reluctance; I don't want to add to the boy's exposure, but this is a very important image. It must not be memory-holed. It should serve as a conscience tweak (if such a thing is possible) to all drug warriors and their armchair supporters everywhere. This is the kind of sick society you're making.

How many parents, grandparents, uncles or aunts—any grownup who genuinely cares about a child—would want to see their wee one in such a situation? Irrespective of the guilt or innocence (as those words pertain to current law, not what the voluntary rules for living in a genuinely civil society would be) of the adults who're the ones receiving Imperial attention, what sane adult would want a child to be in such an environment? Yet, in the farce that the war on politically unpopular substances has become, scenarios like this are probably everyday occurrences.

What makes this situation even more egregious is that this photo won a prize in the College Photographer of the Year contest, for spot news. If you've the stomach for it, click through to see another revolting award-winning photo, right below this one.

When did police brutality turn into celebrated spectacle? How many situations like these occur in the USSA every single day, but aren't even mentioned in the local news, much less captured in images? I don't think I want to think about that; even though I've been fully aware for many years that America is decidedly not the land of the free, and the home of the brave, the full import of how far wrong this culture has gone is not a healthy subject to dwell on.

Radley Balko has much more on the North Carolina goons' activities, of which the highly offensive photo above is just a small taste; thanks to the fine folks at The Boondocks for bringing his post to my attention.

Sunni

Comments: 6 people have contributed to the conversation

On Tuesday, December 12th, at approximately 7:27 p.m. Mountain time, William's Dad said:

What a man.

On Wednesday, December 13th, at approximately 6:08 p.m. Mountain time, amagii said:

Are we still in the
awkward stage?

On Wednesday, December 13th, at approximately 6:31 p.m. Mountain time, Sunni said:

Only if you've put it in reverse for some reason.

On Thursday, December 14th, at approximately 8:25 a.m. Mountain time, MamaLiberty said:

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What makes this situation even more egregious is that this photo won a prize in the College Photographer of the Year contest, for spot news. If you've the stomach for it, click through to see another revolting award-winning photo, right below this one.
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The photo of the child and the thug seems to have been pulled. How interesting... ML

On Thursday, December 14th, at approximately 8:32 a.m. Mountain time, Sunni said:

So it has. I'm shocked—shocked, I tell you.

On Friday, December 15th, at approximately 5:52 p.m. Mountain time, Dennis Wilson said:

I always include the following NOTICE with copyrighted news articles (and photos) that I include or excerpt in postings. You are invited and encouraged to do the same because it sure saves a lot of time that would be otherwise wasted while looking for articles that get buried among dozens of others at the same link and/or entirely removed from the web.

NOTICE: I've copied all or part of the NEWS article and/or photo because often these news links vanish in untimely ways. In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this copyrighted work is distributed under fair use without profit or payment for non-profit research & educational purposes only. Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes other than "fair use" you must request permission from the copyright owner.

[The current corrupt, lawsuit-happy culture of the United States made me say that.]

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