OUT OF CONTROL

The recent so-called drug raid at Stratford High School in Goose Creek is
just another example of how out of control our police forces are becoming.
All too often their tactics consist of using fear and intimidation when
dealing with the general public -- a far cry from the Officer Friendly I
remember from my childhood. Our society has allowed our police forces to be
dressed, trained, equipped and armed like soldiers fighting a war, and I'm
afraid that the American people have become their enemy.

Unless we begin to question the way police are trained and the mind-set
they adopt afterward, we are going to continue to have problems.