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dballance

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4. Very Sad - As Always when an officer is killed in the line of duty

Reply to catnhatnh (Original post)

Fri Apr 13, 2012, 12:56 AM

Apr 2012

Now, I think the officer is a victim of stupid drug policy as much as he is a victim of the shooter's bullet. Why on earth they were wasting time raiding a steroids ring is beyond me. There are far greater crimes than being stupid enough to inject performance enhancing drugs into your body.

There are children and women being abused. There are people stealing things from other people. Statistically, I believe both these things happen to a greater extent in a small town like Greenland because the opportunities are more limited than in large cities and that tends to exacerbate tension and anger.

Okay - let the slamming against me begin.

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5 police shot, 1 Killed in Greenland NH... [View all] catnhatnh Apr 2012 OP

Wow, this is eerily reminiscent of the Ogden, Utah, raid earlier this year. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2012 #1

This was a drug raid gone bad. Maybe steroids. Comrade Grumpy Apr 2012 #2

America's gun culture at work Cali_Democrat Apr 2012 #3

America's criminal culture at work friendly_iconoclast Apr 2012 #5

Very Sad - As Always when an officer is killed in the line of duty dballance Apr 2012 #4