Better than nothing, I guess. Too little, too late. A bit wishy- washy and self-serving. But then what else would you expect from politicians.
--- In [email protected], doug craig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We just put out a press release today. > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Libertarians Call on Legislature to end "No-Knock" > Raids > > The Libertarian Party of Georgia offers our sympathies > to the family of Kathryn Johnston, as well as offering > our thoughts to the families of the three injured > Atlanta police officers. The Libertarian Party of > Georgia also calls on the Georgia General Assembly to > end the practice of "no-knock" raids in Georgia during > their 2007 session. > > Trevor Southerland, the Executive Director of the > Libertarian Party of Georgia says that the State > Legislature needs to take action in its 2007 session > to end "no-knock" raids. "For far too long government > authorities have violated the rights of citizens by > exercising these no-knock raids, in which often times > innocent people are injured and sometimes killed" > Southerland said. He continued, "It's time for the > Georgia State Legislature to end this practice in > Georgia, to assure that innocent citizens like Kathryn > Johnston aren't shot dead for defending their > property, and that our law enforcement agents are not > put in harms way unnecessarily." > > Jason Pye, the Chairman of the Libertarian Party of > Georgia, said: "The law enforcement agents have a job > to do, and that's to protect the citizens. I have the > highest regard for police officers, and our state > legislature owes it to our brave officers to assure > they are never put in this situation again. What > happened was a tragedy for all involved, but the > legislature can assure that no other family has to > feel the pain that the families of those three > officers, and the family of Kathryn Johnston are > feeling today." > > For more info pleas contact Doug Craig > 770-861-5855 > > > > > > > > --- kiddleddee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], "Doug" > > <HankReardan@> wrote: > > > > > > Please go wwwwlpgeorgia.com for more info or email > > me > > > thanks > > > hankreardan@ > > > _____________________________________________________________________ > > _ > > > > Doug, what has the Georgia LP had to say about the > > police murder of > > the 92 year old woman in Atlanta? I searched the > > state party website > > and those of both Gwinnet and Cobb county today and > > did not see one > > word about it. Perhaps the party is afraid of > > "offending" the white, > > conservative, "libertarian" Republican constituency > > that it wishes > > to court so it can win some elections. > > > > In fairness, the Cobb Co. LP site linked to the > > statist Boortz > > who "condemned" the shooting with the following > > argument (as best I > > could tell): The woman did the right thing by > > shooting at the > > intruders (OK, good start); the police also did the > > right thing by > > shooting back at the woman (huh!!?; despite the fact > > that they had > > no (legitimate) reason to be there in the first > > place); the real > > problem is the "war on drugs" (presumably out of > > control, homicidal > > government violence is not what Boortz wanted to > > condemn in this > > particular article - if he ever does that in any > > article.) > > > > > > > > > _____________________________________________________________________ _______________ > Yahoo! Music Unlimited > Access over 1 million songs. > http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited >
