News (Media Awareness Project) - US TX: PUB LTE: Disturbing Plan |
Title: | US TX: PUB LTE: Disturbing Plan |
Published On: | 1997-08-25 |
Source: | Waco Tribune-Herald |
Fetched On: | 2008-09-08 12:43:47 |
Your recent story concerning Lacy Lake-view's plan to
curb drug smuggling by patrolling I-35 is quite disturbing.
It is tantamount to premeditated armed robbery.
If a real drug smuggler has made it as far as Waco,
chances are he is much too sophisticated for the Lacy-
Lakeview police department. All the Lacy-Lakeview
police will confiscate are the vehicles of your sons
and daughters, who happen to get caught with small
quantities of marijuana.
The possession of small quantities of marijuana is
a misdemeanor under Texas statutes. If the punishment
is supposed to fit the crime, does that mean Lacy-
Lakeview should confiscate the vehicles of those charged
with speeding, also a misdemeanor?
Alan Bryan
Dallas
curb drug smuggling by patrolling I-35 is quite disturbing.
It is tantamount to premeditated armed robbery.
If a real drug smuggler has made it as far as Waco,
chances are he is much too sophisticated for the Lacy-
Lakeview police department. All the Lacy-Lakeview
police will confiscate are the vehicles of your sons
and daughters, who happen to get caught with small
quantities of marijuana.
The possession of small quantities of marijuana is
a misdemeanor under Texas statutes. If the punishment
is supposed to fit the crime, does that mean Lacy-
Lakeview should confiscate the vehicles of those charged
with speeding, also a misdemeanor?
Alan Bryan
Dallas
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