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The War on Drugs is a War on Americans
The War on Drugs isn't a war on drugs; it's a war on people, and this weekend it claimed its latest victim.
On Sunday morning, exactly one week after an encounter with police left him with 80 percent of his spine severed at his neck, Baltimore resident Freddie Gray died at a local hospital. He was just 27 years old.
Something bad happened, and it's hopefully only a matter of time before we find out what.
To make matters worse, Baltimore police officials admitted today that the reasons for Gray's arrest are still "vague" and that cops probably just thought that he was "immediately involved or had been recently involved in criminal activity."
In other words, Freddie Gray was probably just guilty of being black in a neighborhood known for its drug problems.
Thanks to Nixon and Reagan's War on Drugs, this is the reality that millions of people of color live with everyday all across America. They live in fear of law enforcement because law enforcement, instead of trying to protect them, acts like an occupying force. And, like all occupying forces throughout history, it treats everyday civilians, criminal or not, like they're the enemy.
In this type of situation, collateral damage casualties aren't just likely, they're inevitable.
-Thom
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Daily Take: The war on drugs is a war on Americans
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