Ethics

Big Brother Reigns Again

By Ed Brayton

Here's an absolutely outrageous story from one of Radley Balko's readers, who emailed this to him:

Last night, my sister's boyfriend was pulled over. They searched him and found a small amount of marijuana on him. Going through his wallet, they then found a picture of my sister and her kids. The officer called the department of human services on my sister... who was NOT with him at the time, nor were her kids.

They came to talk to her today and they are forcing her to take a drug test.

If that doesn't make you angry, someone needs to check your pulse. Holy shit.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 12, 2008 (boomark / email).