Gothamist: Pot Smoker Shoots Cop During Confrontation

sheila

Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:55:07 -0500

Never heard of anyone crashing there car killing others because of it ! Think thats' some hyperbole. I'd be interested to see DUI arrest/accident info that breaks down those abusing alcohol vs. pot. I say legalize pot but not for sidewalk consumption (like alchohol). Newland deserves to be arrested & prosecuted - for being dangerous and stupid.

Sternel

Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:36:28 -0500

Cops will do anything for a pot bust! What the hell is that supposed to mean, Gothamist? You might not like it, but the legislation is on the books. An officer's job is not to enforce the laws they feel like going after. Their job is to enforce the laws on the books. Your bias is showing. Keep the editorializing in the editorials.

anonymass

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:32:00 -0500

No, making it easier for people in this country to procure hollowpoint bullets and semi-automatic assault rifles on the free market is.

armed and fabulous

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 20:09:23 -0500

>dhex, all theories aside, have you ever asked yourself why no other first world country has anywhere near the level of gun violence we do? Ever ask yourself why so many other heavily armed countries don't? As for the easy proliferation of firearms, try and legally buy and carry a handgun in New York (hell, you can't legally carry a knife in NYC). It is basically impossible to legally carry. Yet there are still quite a few handguns (mostly cheap shit like Hipoint) on the street. Clearly, increased legislation is the solution to this problem.

anonymass

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:14:54 -0500

dhex, all theories aside, have you ever asked yourself why no other first world country has anywhere near the level of gun violence we do? Maybe it's because firearms are so easy to obtain? And maybe that's a result of a subset of the population (not to mention a lobby) which foams at the mouth at the mere suggestion of curtailing the easy proliferation of firearms. A group which has successfully banded together to influence elections at the local and national levels? Can't possibly be any correlation there.

dhex

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:38:29 -0500

"1) All privately-owned firearms should be illegal. 2) If caught with an illegal firearm, you ought to be tossed in jail for 10 years. 3) Fuck you, NRA freaks. Move to some island where you can all share your common orgasmic "right to bear arms" and hopefully kill one another in record time." 1) constitution is better than you nah nah nah 2) we can see how this has helped washington DC stay safe 3) you should consider reading the work of florida state criminologist dr. gary kleck, who shares your liberal politics for the most part, outside of a distinct difference on the issue of gun ownership and crime rates (and injury rates, etc). you might actually learn something!

edEx

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:17:52 -0500

the cops should have killed him and spared the tax payers another million dollar court fee.

Still Not Amused

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:13:55 -0500

This ridiculous ! I don't see why they don't just legalize weed ! I've never heard of anyone dying from ingesting it . Never heard of anyone crashing there car killing others because of it ! So why not just legalize it ? Because that would be opening the flood gates to corporate development . Everybody would be growing their own stash . Eventually someone would get shot over it and that would used as an excuse for legalizing weed in the first place ! Maybe if the Government did legalize weed they would stand to lose billions in taxes, & kick backs from the Pharmaceutical companies that lobby lawmakers too death ! *thought speeds through my head* That's it ! That's why weed will probably never be legalized in this country ! M-O-N-E-Y !!!!!!!!!

eyeroll

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 15:05:35 -0500

#13 TowlieNone of this would have happened if they were not going for a lame ass pot bust. Nor would it have happened if Mr. Newland had decided to get a little high somewhere sheltered instead of out in the open. And you're a towel.

horst bucholtz

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:51:57 -0500

Hey Bernie - nappy?!! His hair ain't nappy.

Towlie

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:15:31 -0500

The point is... the cop probably would have never approached the guy if it was not for the pot and a potential bust. None of this would have happened if they were not going for a lame ass pot bust.

anonymass

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 14:08:18 -0500

I'm in favor of legalizing marijuana. However, whether pot is legal or illegal doesn't change the fact that this guy was carrying a gun and, worse, fired it. If I were king there'd be no drug charge but he'd be locked up for 10 years for carrying a handgun and another 20 for using it.

Jimmy Legs

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:58:24 -0500

jeez folks, what's at issue here isn't whether pot should be legal, they could have been approaching the guy for jaywalking or littering, and he freaked out an order of magnitude too far. what kind of an asshole whips out a gun on two cops, let alone fires it?

Smokey Stover

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:41:51 -0500

>"This guy just single-handedly destroyed the stereotype of the mellow pot smoker." That is because he just lit up and the cop interupted him before he attained a mellow buzz. Don't cops have anything better to do than harass pot smokers? It is about time we at least decriminalize pot. Leagalization is a impossible goal with the level of stupidity in this country. Plus the religious wackos who think it is a sin. (just nuts). There is slim hope for legalization. But we have to stop throwing people in jail for weed. It is non violent pot cases where jurys have got to start using their right and power of "Jury Nullification" and throw these bullshit busts out. It is the peoples only way to smack down a govt./justice system that is way out of control throwing too many non violent people and young adults in jail for pot.

whatever

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:40:43 -0500

If Kingsley Newland was packing a .22, pot smoking was probably the least of his offenses. How much do you want to bet that he has a prior rap sheet? Doesn't anyone remember former police commish Bratton's very successful "fixing broken windows" crime fighting policy? This theory proposed that by curtailing petty crime and low-level anti-social behavior, major crime will also be prevented. (It was surprising how many fare beaters in the subway also had outstanding arrest warrants for more serious crimes.)

eyeroll

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 13:20:54 -0500

This guy just single-handedly destroyed the stereotype of the mellow pot smoker.

bernie goetz

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:34:38 -0500

I can just see Sharpton's nappy head spinnin and spinnin - 'black cop, black perp - which way do I go'! Of course pot should be legal, but it's not, so you don't run from cops, and you don't shoot at them either. Jail - Jail -Jail.

will

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:30:15 -0500

anonymass, the problem here doesn't have anything to do with the legal status of weapons but rather the legal status of marijuana. and the weapon was illegal in the first place, so why would restricting other peoples' liberty actually have prevented this crime?

Ace

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 12:09:45 -0500

Legalize It! and let's set free "each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail"

James Blunt

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:56:42 -0500

LEGALIZE WHAT GOD HAS GIVEN US..... A PLANT !

anonymass

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:36:29 -0500

1) All privately-owned firearms should be illegal. 2) If caught with an illegal firearm, you ought to be tossed in jail for 10 years. 3) Fuck you, NRA freaks. Move to some island where you can all share your common orgasmic "right to bear arms" and hopefully kill one another in record time.

Al Sharpton

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:35:01 -0500

Good for that pot smoker. Cops should be shot.

Ass

Wed, 28 Mar 2007 11:26:48 -0500

You see if Pot was legal, this wouldn't have happened!

Gothamist: Pot Smoker Shoots Cop During Confrontation

sheila

Sternel

anonymass

armed and *fabulous*

anonymass

dhex

edEx

Still Not Amused

eyeroll

horst bucholtz

Towlie

anonymass

Jimmy Legs

Smokey Stover

whatever

eyeroll

bernie goetz

will

Ace

James Blunt

anonymass

Al Sharpton

Ass

armed and fabulous