BLEEDING-HEART THINKING

Regarding the letter from John G. Kelley Jr. defending the 11th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that a Georgia deputy made an illegal
search after a vehicle stop. It is this same bleeding heart, ACLU-sponsored
liberal thinking that ensures this country will never win the "war on drugs."

According to Mr. Kelley, the officer pulled the drug runner, Jody James
Boyce, over on the "pretense" of weaving in traffic. Was he riding with the
deputy? Does he know the demeanor of Boyce during the stop? Was he verbally
abusive? Did he act suspicious? Had the rental car Boyce was driving been
reported as not returned to the rental company? Did he appear to be a
typical semi-literate redneck in a $40,000 car?

As Kelley said, the rights of citizens to travel the highways "unmolested"
is important. But how unmolested is Mr. Kelley going to feel when some
idiot smoking a joint from Boyce's marijuana stash plows into him on the
highway? Or would he want us to wait until someone's son or daughter ODs on
Ecstasy and then go after Mr. Boyce? I'm surprised that the liberal court
didn't give Boyce his drugs back. After all, they were found during an
"illegal search."

Mr. Kelley states in his letter that there are better ways to bust drug
dealers. I hope he shares these better ways with the DEA, FBI, Border
Patrol, Coast Guard and state and local law enforcement officials.

John Watson

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