Neill Franklin was a commander for the Maryland State Police Department. He saw the War on Drugs turn his hometown of Baltimore into a desolate place and take the life of his friend Ed. Watch to see why he believes enough is enough.
Posted on 16 October 2012.
Neill Franklin was a commander for the Maryland State Police Department. He saw the War on Drugs turn his hometown of Baltimore into a desolate place and take the life of his friend Ed. Watch to see why he believes enough is enough.
[...] In addition, the handling of it all by local police has made many people not just in Utah, but all across the country, question how and why such a small, unarmed woman barely out of her teens with no known history of violent behavior ended up becoming the latest in a growing list of “collateral damage” from the government’s disastrous War on Drugs. [...]
[...] The handling of it all by local police has made many people not just in Utah, but all across the country, question how and why such a small, unarmed woman barely out of her teens with no known history of violent behavior ended up becoming the latest in a growing list of “collateral damage” from the government’s disastrous War on Drugs. [...]
So is this another one of those ‘geez now that I’m retired from decades of hammering on people and have my secure pension and benes I see I was wrong and want to stop the madness?’
I mean, I’m glad you woke up and all, but where was this thinking when you were in the game?
Why do these guys never ever speak up when they’re still on the job? They would have so much more impact and credibility.
Fuck you Neill Franklin, lol. We don’t need your bs speech to end the war on drugs, it’s already happening. Aww Aww, my pig brother died, now that I’m out, I want the war on drugs to end. Lol. Loser.
Fucking douchebags.
here in ca. law enforcement hands out apps. at welfare/uneployment offices and hires those who will do anything for money!
So Bob, your saying that supporting the use of drugs is a good thing and that it’s awesome that a human being got shot and killed over it?? You have no soul you asshole
I didn’t watch that video but it sounds like this guy is just some whiner who didn’t deserve to wear a badge in the first place.
@philly, he seems to have more soul than you, and enough sense to both realize that if this former cop was sincere he should have spoken out against the drug war on day one, and to know that the drug war is as much a failure as alcohol prohibition was in the 1920′s.