California police raid stirs raw food controversy
LOS ANGELES - With no warning on a sunny weekday morning, investigators entered the organic grocery with a search warrant ... Then, badges out and guns drawn, four officers fanned out ... they found the raid's target inside a walk-in refrigerator: unmarked jugs of raw milk.
http://www.leadertelegram.com/news/daily_updates/article_e589627c-9996-11df-9e96-001cc4c03286.html
There's even video of the raid from a security camera. I'm serious.
Some people think this story is funny. It might even have been on the network news as the 'funny' story before Jeopardy comes on. I don't think it's funny. The market was breaking the law by selling unpasteurized dairy products, true. And respect of the law is what defines a Republic, what makes us able to function as a society.
But I have to ask a simple, almost silly question.
WHY DO THEY HAVE THEIR GUNS OUT?
What if some teenager came out of the damn walk-in with a price scanner? BLAMO. Oh well, another accidental police shooting. When did it became standard operating procedure for a cop to pull his gun to do the simplest, stupidest things?
Are they aware that the purpose of drawing your gun is to kill? Guns are provided to the police to protect the officers from armed suspects, not to force compliance. When the citizenry respects law enforcement, they DON'T NEED A GUN to get public compliance for the law.
Another footnote to this story was that it took FOUR police officers to raid the market to find the illegal milk. Meanwhile, undoubtedly, there were countless assaults, moving violations, and property crimes in Los Angeles.
Another footnote to this story was that it took FOUR police officers to raid the market to find the illegal milk. Meanwhile, undoubtedly, there were countless assaults, moving violations, and property crimes in Los Angeles.
I'm catching the next boat out of here. How's the climate in Australia? More importantly, how about the political climate?
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