Pubdate: Tue, 27 Feb 2001
Source: Denver Rocky Mountain News (CO)
Copyright: 2001 Denver Publishing Co.
Contact:  400 W. Colfax, Denver, CO 80204
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Author: Joseph P. Pettrow

MENA CASE SHOWS DANGER OF IGNORING CONSTITUTION

In recent months, there has been much ado about the Ismael Mena case and 
police raids. This very problem was addressed well over 200 years ago by 
the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.

When local authorities take to usurping the constitutional rights of we the 
people, for whatever reason, chaos ensues. Innocent people are losing their 
lives, their livelihoods and possessions in the name of the war on drugs. 
If it would save one innocent life, should we not return to the tenets of 
the Constitution?

Remember the admonitions of Benjamin Franklin: " . . .those who would 
sacrifice a little liberty for a little security will achieve neither."

Joseph P. Pettrow

Aurora
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