As a fellow Libertarian, I have to give kudos to Bob Barr for once again taking up the pro-leg stance for pot. It’s not that I’m a stoner, it’s that pot laws are stupid. I believe we as Americans have better things to focuss on. Anywhooo, I’ll let Bob take over from here… GO LIBS!
Bob Barr for President!
The Post
Libertarian Party Presidential Candidate Bob Barr is, apparently, a close reader of the news of Prince George’s County.
The former Republican Congressman from Georgia released a statement on his presidential campaign website about the July 29 Prince George’s police and sheriff’s raid on the home of Berwyn Heights Mayor Cheye Calvo.
County law enforcement investigating a suspicious package addressed to Calvo’s wife and filled with 32 pounds of marijuana broke through the mayor’s door without knocking and fatally shot his two black labs. Police announced last week that Calvo and his family were innocent victims of a drug smuggling scheme. Local and federal investigations into the raid continues.
Barr opens his statement with a joke: “We typically make fun of bungled police operations by saying they were conducted by the gang that couldn’t shoot straight. In this case they could shoot straight — as a result, they killed a family’s two dogs in the midst of a misguided drug raid.”
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