Will Grigg's Liberty Minute

November 30, 2007

From Fredericksburg, Texas comes a story that usefully illuminates the hopeless insanity of the so-called war on drugs.

In 2004, Deputy Sheriff Clinton Stewart stopped Roxanne Lavender for a traffic violation. During a search of Lavender's car, Deputy Stewart seized a small amount of marijuana. He then returned some of it to Lavender ? an act which constitutes tampering with evidence.

Stewart's defense was that he wasn't trying to impair the case against Lavender; instead, he insisted, ?I was trying to create a snitch.? Which is to say, someone permitted to use and perhaps even to deal narcotics as long as she could help corral other suspects and keep the federally subsidized racket in business.

The case against Lavender was thrown out, and Deputy Stewart was convicted of evidence tampering.
In early November, a Court of Criminal Appeals in San Antonio overturned the conviction by a 5-4 vote. With the felony conviction removed, Stewart can resume his law enforcement career. And the fraudulent drug war goes merrily on.

Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.