This is relatively old news but it is still important for people to learn and be outraged. I just found out about this incident recently. This is just plain horrible. I generally have no respect for cops -- I accept that most are naive good-natured people who want to help but reign in your stooges!
Utah Police Kill Marijuana Smoker in Own Home
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It is standard operating procedure to send the “Weber-Morgan County Narcotics Strike Force” in all-black full body armor, toting automatic weapons under the cover of night. If police are confronted by someone wielding arms, like, say, an average cannabis consumer with a former drug dealing roommate who grabs a golf club to defend himself when he’s suddenly awakened in the dead of night by armored ninjas toting machine guns, they are legally allowed to discharge their firearm to defend themselves and neutralize the suspect.
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OK. I get it that marijuana is illegal. I do not agree with that law but I understand that it exists. However, the guy was woken up in the middle of the night by cops who looked and behaved no different from gangsters. The guy picked up a golf club and they shot him dead immediately. He was not even the target of the raid!
A FUCKING GOLF CLUB!!!!!!!!!! In his own damn home!!