americans beware!... check this out

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Over a hundred innocent music fans in America were arrested last weekend after cops caught some of their fellow revellers with drugs and charged absolutely every present in the club.

Officers from the Flint Area Narcotics Group and the Genesee County Sheriff's Posse descended on Club What’s Next in Flint, Michigan carrying out ‘full cavity searches’ on women, before arresting 17 partygoers and charging them with felony drug offences. Everybody else present (including the DJ) was charged with ‘frequenting a drug establishment’ and now face 90 prison sentences if convicted.

The heavy handed assault drew an alarmed response from civil liberties group the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), who mobilised a campaign immediately urging clubbers to protest against the cops disturbing ‘abuse of power’.

“In Flint, Michigan (and many other cities) if you go out dancing on a Saturday night and the police happen to arrest other people at the club for drugs, you could be charged with a drug crime even though you had nothing to do with drugs,” the DPA warned this week.

“These innocent party-goers now face up to 90 days in jail and a $500 fine. They also face a criminal record with all the legal and social barriers that brings.”

DPA director Bill Piper also challenged the raid’s legitimacy in an interview with Drug Sense Weekly, pointing out ‘it's un-American to punish people for the crimes of others.’

"Imagine you're having a beer at your favourite bar and the police come in and arrest you and everyone else in the bar because unknown to you someone is using drugs in the bathroom,” Mr Piper added, “ It's outrageous."

[dirty_bass]

I hope this is an april fools!!!!

Well, they voted for Bush and now they are heading into a serious police state.

The war on terror is a war against you.

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this is no piece of bull shit this is 100% true to my knowledge.

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thats insane, ive never heard of that

[Traxx]

Only in amreica.

[Francisco Scaramanga]

This is definately 100% true, and its not the first time its been done either. But with a little luck, the charges will be dropped on all the innocents. The same thing happened somewhere else in the country, and after a huge campaign by the ACLU, various other activist groups, and a petition from the public, they managed to get the charges dropped. I've already emailed the mayor of Flint, all the council members, and the sheriffs department to let them know its not cool.

[Joseph Isaac]

Well, they voted for Bush and now they are heading into a serious police state.

Careful, barely half of America voted for this imbecile...the other half can only apologize to the rest of the world for having half of its country be so ignorant...

Here's a great quote:

To the rest of the World,

We did our best.

Signed,

Half of the United States.





BTW, I am fortunate enough to live in a city where 79% of all people voted against Bush and we are the only city that challenges the current "police state" practices instilled by the federal government. No wonder George Bush Sr. called Portland, "Little Beirut".

Cheers

[The Overfiend]

gotta love it

[Joseph Isaac]

Americuh, FCK YEAH!!!

[dirty_bass]

Well, they voted for Bush and now they are heading into a serious police state.

Careful, barely half of America voted for this imbecile...the other half can only apologize to the rest of the world for having half of its country be so ignorant...

Here's a great quote:

To the rest of the World,

We did our best.

Signed,

Half of the United States.





BTW, I am fortunate enough to live in a city where 79% of all people voted against Bush and we are the only city that challenges the current "police state" practices instilled by the federal government. No wonder George Bush Sr. called Portland, "Little Beirut".

Cheers

hehe
I know man, it`s the same here.
Unfortunately the people who should be voting just don`t bother.

[Francisco Scaramanga]

I fully support drug law reforms, so am subscribed to a few groups who work towards this. This is how I found out about this situation, and it was through these people that I sent the email to the Flint councillors and everything. They do alot of good work (like hopefully getting these poor bastards off the hook) and it costs nothing to be on the newslist, and you can help out with very little effort, basically just signing your name to a form email occasionally.

If anyone is interested, go here to sign up:

http://www.drugpolicy.org/join

I should mention, you dont have to pay a fee and be a member, you can just sign up for the mailouts and sign petitions for free, which is what I do.

[Joseph Isaac]

hehe
I know man, it`s the same here.
Unfortunately the people who should be voting just don`t bother.

I know its truly pathetic, but the system is setup to keep the populus idle and ignorant and the elite ruling class has done an excellent job at that.

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you don't understand: they literally have nothing better to do in Flint.

[djshiva]

even if all charges are dropped, if you are a woman who had to endure a full cavity search, your issues are gonna go on long after this case is over.

any one of you europeans have a comfy couch i can crash on? :cry:

[Internal Error Records]

about 15 years ago the police did the same thing to an ENTIRE grateful dead show.

about 5000 people.

nearly all charges were dropped.

[Komplex]

Well, they voted for Bush and now they are heading into a serious police state.

Careful, barely half of America voted for this imbecile...the other half can only apologize to the rest of the world for having half of its country be so ignorant...

I learned something today. America was founded by some of the smartest thinkers the world has ever seen. And they knew one thing: that a truely great country can go to war, and at the same time, act like it doesn't want to. It's called "having your cake and eating it too."

[Tony]

Americuh, FCK YEAH!!!

'lick my ass and suck on my balls!!'

[Joseph Isaac]

Americuh, FCK YEAH!!!

'lick my ass and suck on my balls!!'

LMAO :clap:

[Technobitch]

even if all charges are dropped, if you are a woman who had to endure a full cavity search, your issues are gonna go on long after this case is over.

any one of you europeans have a comfy couch i can crash on? :cry:

you are more than wellcome in North Wales anytime, police here tend to let us get on with it (usualy cant find the parties!!!)..
i thought our country's laws were ****ed up but this takes the piss!!!!

[Mindful]

Fu*k me thats so stupid.