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It's time to ease up on pot, former cop says
    #7574190 - 10/29/07 07:39 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/elections/article/0,2808,DRMN_24736_5730972,00.html

A retired Denver police lieutenant stood alongside marijuana activists Wednesday to endorse a Nov. 6 initiative that would make adult possession of less than an ounce of pot the "lowest law enforcement priority" in the city.

Lt. Tony Ryan said he's not advocating drug use but that the city's resources would be better spent fighting violence and property crime, rather than busting people for possessing small amounts of marijuana.

"I was a street officer most of my career through the ranks and homicides, rapes, assaults, domestic violence, alcohol was involved in every one of them," he said.

"Seldom is marijuana involved, and if it was, it wasn't a cause as alcohol was."

Detective John White, a police spokesman, said Ryan is a "retired police officer (who) does not represent the position of the Denver Police Department."

Ryan, a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, said he's not saying police should violate their oath to uphold the law.

"They have to do their job," he said. "But they don't have to go out of their way to do it."

Voters have been getting "robo-calls" from Ryan in support of Question 100. Ryan identifies himself as a "36-year veteran" but not that he's retired. He acknowledged that some people might think he's representing police.

"We talked about that, that some people might mistake that," he said.

"I would apologize if somebody misconstrues that."


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Re: It's time to ease up on pot, former cop says [Re: Bridgeburner]
    #7574968 - 10/29/07 11:24 PM (16 years, 3 months ago)

great article, LEAP needs more attention.


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Re: It's time to ease up on pot, former cop says [Re: CptnGarden]
    #7575389 - 10/30/07 04:01 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Yeah, it seems to me that if they must keep drugs illegal, they should focus less on amounts for personal use and really go after the traffickers and dealers for tax fraud, and not try to be all ambiguous in fucking the people they catch. I would rather see a guy go to jail that has guns and a large amount of product he is selling than a man with a little pot on him to relax. The true motives of these kinds of people need to be reaccounted.


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Re: It's time to ease up on pot, former cop says [Re: CptnGarden]
    #7575394 - 10/30/07 04:15 AM (16 years, 3 months ago)

Yeah, it seems to me that if they must keep drugs illegal, they should focus less on amounts for personal use and really go after the traffickers and dealers for tax fraud, and not try to be all ambiguous in fucking the people they catch. I would rather see a guy go to jail that has guns and a large amount of product he is selling than a man with a little pot on him to relax. The true motives of these kinds of people need to be re characterized.


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