1997-10-30 - Killing those who need killing

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
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UTC Datetime: 1997-10-30 01:30:54 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:30:54 +0800

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From: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 1997 09:30:54 +0800
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Subject: Killing those who need killing
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At 6:06 PM -0700 10/29/97, Jim Choate wrote:
>>          MAN SPENDS 6 WEEKS IN JAIL AFTER VITAMINS MISTAKEN FOR HEROIN
>>
>>      October 29, 1997
>>      Web posted at: 7:21 p.m. EST (0021 GMT)
>>
>>      NORTH CHARLESTON, South Carolina (AP) -- For six weeks, Malvin
>>      Marshall sat in jail because police thought he was carrying heroin
>>      in his pocket. Police didn't believe him when he said it was mushy
>>      vitamins.
>>
>>      On Monday, the charges were dropped. Lab tests showed he was
>>      carrying mushy vitamins.

And he doesn't stand a chance of suing them successfully.

No wonder some people support Assassination Politics.

(Personally, were I to be arrested and held on such false charges, I'd
consider it necessary to kill those who illegally held me. Preferably from
a safe distance, with a sniper rifle. But then I'm a right wing libertarian
whacko.)

--Tim May

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