Pubdate: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 Source: Knoxville News-Sentinel (TN) Copyright: 2003 The Knoxville News-Sentinel Co. Contact: http://www.knoxnews.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/226 Author: Bruce Symington Referenced: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1846/a07.html DRUG SEIZURES SHOULD BE ILLEGAL Regarding the article "'Coerced' contribution returned" in the Nov. 29 edition: If a person has money in his possession, he is automatically guilty? What nonsense. Only because of the mindset of the police, which is, everyone is guilty until proven innocent. Only the police say that the dog alerted, and even if it did, which I doubt, dogs can make mistakes, too. What is to stop any cop from extorting money from any of us? Those cracker cops should be fired and the whole war on drugs dismantled. Then civil rights might actually mean something. I thank my lucky stars that I don't live in the formerly free USA but in the truly free country of Canada, where that kind of thing is not known. Bruce Symington Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake