From Economist:
"Missouri police storm house, shoot dogs, find small amount of hash in pipe
MY KIDS' pet hamster died last night, so I had about half an hour of crying, explanations, and a funeral in the front yard to deal with.
Fortunately, though, I didn't have to explain why half a dozen police in scary black body armour had charged in the front door shouting and shot the family pets...
At some level, I think it goes beyond even the "war on drugs". I think there's a generalised problem of militarisation in society, leading an increasing number of Americans, both in and out of uniform, to hunt around for things to shoot so they can claim to have been protecting someone. The absurdity becomes exceptionally clear when police claim to have protected children by invading their home and shooting their pets, but it's really a broader issue."
http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2010/05/war_drugs
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