Matthew David Stewart, 37, of Ogden, Utah, faced a preliminary hearing on felony charges related to the killing of one police officer and the wounding of five others as they served a search warrant on the night of January 4 at Stewart’s home for marijuana cultivation.
Matthew David Stewart, 37, of Ogden, Utah, faced a preliminary hearing on felony charges related to the killing of one police officer and the wounding of five others as they served a search warrant on the night of January 4 at Stewart’s home for marijuana cultivation.
I came upon a defense for the status quo of prohibition we hear from police all the time when they oppose a marijuana medicalization, decriminalization, or legalization measure: We don’t need it because cops aren’t looking for weed!
Two police officers in Jonesboro, Arkansas, are on paid administrative leave when a 21-year-old man in their custody on a marijuana charge was found dead in the back of their police car.
We learned about the death of Rodney King this weekend. King was beaten by police officers and that was taped by a citizen witness. The acquittal on assault charges for the officers sparked the deadly LA riots in 1992.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said earlier today that he would back a proposal to decriminalize possessing small amounts of marijuana.
