Quote Originally Posted by flyingimam
its called random drug testing. spares no one by policy.

I know what u mean, it works in the fantasy world only though...

or maybe I'm wrong and these hypocrites do drugs themselves and cover each others asses when its needed... who is to verify that with the only info and stats being released by them, as the only "credible" source
Its not quite so "fantasy world" as real world. Think about it this way, even though cops are considered more than your average citizen, in the sense that they are given certain powers, they are still considered citizens of the US to the real government. The people with the power are the ones not being tested, how often do you hear of lawmakers being tested? How often does Bill Gates get tested? What about the Supreme Court Justices? Mr. Bush? The ones that pass the laws are the ones that don't actually have to follow the laws, especially because of the powers of pardoning, and white collar prison vacation getaway ankle bracelet in a multimillion dollar house type of prosecution of those with that power, they dont worry about what laws they pass cause they dont have to follow them.

A very recent news piece on this very issue is the scandal involving lawmakers and lobbists. Not much was covered because the lobbying companies worked very good at covering it up, and also financial breakdown of the US/World economies kinda muddied the coverage. But still, big news. And drugs are suspected, yet no one knew about it until afterwards.

and about what the main post of the thread was about:

I agree with everything you say, except about the police officers upholding the laws part. What the cop said was true, and its the way cops need to be. As much as i dont agree with it, cops need to arrest everyone they catch doing a crime. While i do think it sucks that cops can arrest you for weed, so be it. I would rather have a system of true cops, than corrupt ones. I would rather it not be passed around that cops in so-and-so dont bust people, just because there was one cop that didnt arrest people, then everyone gets arrested because they dont think they can. That is why MJ law is so unfair, the lines as to who are on what side is so jagged that even cops dont prosecute on the laws, which means that it is a law which cannot be enforced, meaning it is useless to have it. But if it was always enforced then there would be less arrests because if you had it in possession you would be more careful because you know if a cop saw it you would be in trouble. And the truth about race and the law is a very sad, sad burden for our society to carry. You would think that after 80 years of slavery being over everything would be good, but no, its taken another 40 years after the largest change in our societal history concerning race, and its still not gone, will it take another 40 years, or 80 should i say from MLK Jr. to finally be rid of this plight. And there will always be some degree of it due to the actual differences people have, but hopefully soon the last remnents of it existing as an actual culture will disappear.