corruption estimates Satam Muhammad al Nami's marble
 

attacks on basic
* American constitutional guarantees --- including due process,
* the presumption of innocence, and the right to own and enjoy
* private property."


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* 2 Customs Agents are Facing Charges in Kidnapping Case
* by David Kocieniewski, The New York Times, 1996
*
* Two United States Customs inspectors have been charged with kidnapping
* and beating someone they suspected was a drug dealer last year while
* trying to rob him of cash and cocaine, Federal prosecutors said.
*
* Three men charged in all put on bullet-proof vests and police badges,
* according to the complaint, and stopped the victim after identifying
* themselves as Federal agents. The Federal agents then beat the man,
* handcuffed him, forced him into their car and drove off, witnesses
* said.
*
* The victim, whom Federal officials refuse to identify, dashed from the
* car when it stopped at an intersection and persuaded a motorist to take
* him to a police station.

Wow. People seeking sanctuary from Federal thugs in the local police station.

They thought the person had 220 pounds of cocaine.

A corrupt justice system from the U.S. Attorney General
all the way down to the lowest individual agents.

We're becoming more like Mexico every year.

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* Internet posting...
*
* Joe Pinson
* 30 years old, MEDICAL MARIJUANA user.
* FIVE YEARS MANDATORY MINIMUM, FIRST OFFENSE.
*
* Mr. Pinson was a part-time bus driver for the Jewish Hospital before
* his arrest. He grew up suffering from severe asthma and tried all
* kinds of medicines to alleviate his problem. At age 18, he discovered
* that smoking marijuana made it easier for him to breathe. For the
* next decade he smoked marijuana and was able to enjoy activities he
* had never been able to do before.
*
*