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Will anything sensible be done? Of course not. The American people are as devoted to the idea of sin and its punishment as they are to making money-and fighting drugs is nearly as big a business as pushing them. Since the combination of sin and money is irresistible (particularly to the professional politician), the situation will only grow worse.
Oh, and today is the Accountability Now/Strange Bedfellows money bomb. Give to let politicians realize that they must be accountable to us and not merely give themselves more authoritarian power.
Video including the press conference by Mayor Calvo
The FBI is now monitoring the investigation of the raid, and the mayor has also asked the DOJ for an investigation.
The news coverage is also getting pretty big. There's now international coverage and hundreds of papers around the country are covering it.
Cheye Calvo understands full well the fact that media coverage isn't always equal for everyone as he addressed the press, talking about the need for changes in how things are done:
"I happen to be a Mayor, and so you all are all here right now. But Trinity and I deeply feel the pain of the people who don't have that opportunity to tell their story, and often are just presumed guilty."
There's a war going on. It destroys lives and families, spawns violence, suspends civil liberties, tramples on the infirm, locks up millions of peaceful citizens, costs billions, and subjugates reason with fear. This blog looks at the front lines of the drug war, with news, analysis, and the occasional rant.
For a scary look at how little things have changed in 38 years, read 
