Pubdate: Tue, 12 Jul 2011
Source: Hull Daily Mail (UK)
Copyright: 2011 Northcliffe Newspapers Group Ltd
Contact:  http://www.thisishull.co.uk/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/1181
Author: Carl Wagner

THE PEOPLE OF HULL DESERVE TO KNOW WHY

In 2007, Gordon Brown caved in to tabloid pressure, ignored the 
advice of his own experts, and took the irrational decision to 
reclassify cannabis as a class B drug.

He was fully supported by Humberside Police Chief Constable Tim 
Hollis, who promised a robust and sustained assault on Hull's 30,000 pot users.

Mr Hollis has been true to his word: thousands of police man hours 
have been spent smashing down doors and invading family homes. 
Hundreds of otherwise law-biding citizens have been dragged through 
the courts, careers have been ruined, children traumatised, and more 
lives and families have been destroyed.

Meanwhile, the real criminals have been ignored; burglary has risen 
by almost 30%, car crime by 62%, and there has been a massive leap in 
violent crime.

If this policy of harm maximisation is to continue, the people of 
Hull deserve to know why it is in the public interest to chase 
otherwise law-biding pot smokers whilst ignoring crimes with victims.

Carl Wagner
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