I agree I wished it was stronger, but it did get read this morning on the radio in north Ga.And I just got a call from a loacal paper.Our excomm is not as against the war on drugs as I, but things like this change peoples mind. --- kiddleddee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com
