Pubdate: Thu, 13 Nov 2003
Source: Daily Independent, (Ashland, KY)
Copyright: 2003 The Daily Independent, Inc.
Contact:  http://www.dailyindependent.com/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1573
Author: Charles Byrnes
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/topics/Goose+Creek ( Goose Creek )

POLICE ENDANGER KIDS IN USELESS DRUG RAID

I watched the video of what looked like a special tactical unit
storming into a high school in Goose Creek, S.C., on Nov. 8. Officers
waved their guns at 15- to 18-year-old kids. Some were forced to look
straight down the barrel of a gun. Kids were told to get down on the
ground; some were handcuffed, detained while dogs barked at their feet.

These officers, and school officials put those children in serious
danger - all over a drug raid that turned up no drugs or any arrests.

Now I understand President Bush, when he said, "Drugs transform
schools into places of violence and chaos."

It does not have to be like this!

Charles Byrnes, Taylor Mill
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