Daily Archives: September 16, 2004

Lawsuit details bad warrant procedures in 2002 raid

Residents of Eugene, Oregon have filed a suit for $25,500 in damages, plus punitive and other damages. A lawsuit over a controversial 2002 drug raid in Eugene’s Whiteaker neighborhood claims that police lied to persuade a judge to give them … Continue reading

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Another bad address raid

Fortunately, no one died in this one. Teresa Guiler and James Elliott, who are in their 50s, were home watching television when the masked men stormed into the house. Guiler, whose arm was in a sling from a previous injury, … Continue reading

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M.A.S.H. is online

Mobilizing Activists and Students for Hemp (M.A.S.H.) is a registered student organization at Illinois State University, and they now have a spiffy new web site. I am their somewhat neglectful faculty advisor, finding myself too often busy working on this … Continue reading

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Lots of stuff!

“bullet” Last One Speaks has: The story of a victory in the fight against the Rockefeller Drug Laws. Reformer David Soares won the primary for Albany’s district attorney overwhelmingly in a race that appeared to be in large part a … Continue reading

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Soros calls for ethics investigation

George Soros has lodged a formal complaint against Speaker Dennis Hastert before the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct. (This is for Hastert’s ridiculous innuendo on national television that Soros received funding from drug cartels.) Josh Marshall has the … Continue reading

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