Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation
by x5n1 on Friday February 26, 2016 @06:38PM
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> unless someone complains about something expressly
Would cover your case.
Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation
by rayiner on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:05PM
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You don't think people complain about people dealing drugs out of their neighborhood? 80-90% of people support keeping all drugs besides marijuana illegal.
Re:Prosecutors halt vast, likely illegal DEA wiretap operation
by x5n1 on Friday February 26, 2016 @07:36PM
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I don't disagree with your assertion that people complain, and I don't disagree that when people complain the police should look into it. I don't agree on massive dragnets going after thousands of people in the name of fighting crime who might be only peripherally involved with the situation.
Petty criminals and small time crooks are often the ones that make life hardest for people, especially the poor who live in the neighborhoods where these guys operate.
When I lived in Wilmington, DE (a pretty run down post-industrial city), our favorite restaurant was run by an elderly Indian couple. But it was in a terrible neighborhood, and one day their house was broken into. These sweet, hard-working people were violated, and by who? Not some kingpin. By some "small time crook." Should he not be prosecuted to the full extent of the law?