Got a Chuckle Out Of This

That's me sitting in front of some of these folks. Snide comments for much of the discussion. I stayed peaceful.

Come mothers and fathers throughout the land           And don't criticize what you can't understand

You sons and your daughters are beyond your command       They've been affected by what they have seen

For they've looked down the barrel of an AR-15       And the times, they are a-changin'.   

Ahhh, my troll arrives. Hey Mark. First things first.

From Dictionary dot com -   verb: chuckle; 1. laugh quietly or inwardly.  synonyms:chortle, giggle, titter, laugh quietly, tee-hee, snicker, snigger; 2 noun: chuckle; a quiet or suppressed laugh.

And from vocabulary dot com

Chuckle is one of many words for different kinds of laughter. These include giggle, titter, snicker, and a word that is a cross between chuckle and snort — chortle. These words are all imitative. That is, the word itself sounds like the noise it refers to. With all these words for laughter, it may be hard to choose the right one for the occasion. Use chuckle when you mean a quiet, even soundless laugh.

So yep, I chuckled - at his stupidity. And a little at the karma aspect.

A person of notoriety who is stupid enough to create dealer traffic at his house in a mormon neighborhood, smokes reefer in his backyard, has police complaints and visits, throws loud parties, while he holds in his house a large stash of what is considered contraband in this state, over $36,000 in cash, nearly thirty guns, and is stupid enough to leave evidence in his garbage? Yep, I chuckled. More like shook my head in amazement.

Now as far as the "draconian drug war tactics", one I see is the restricted person status issue due to the presence of marijuana, automatically bumping the crime to a new level.

I don't see answering numerous neighbor complaints and serving a search warrant in the same way, just law enforcement doing their job. Change the law.

Not sure if the police showed up in an armored vehicle, the likes of which Melchior used to troll the Parkland students around the country. Might've chuckled at the irony of that, too.  

As for my "cheering" and lack of "concern" (wow), you have no idea of my efforts, so what you say does not come from a place of knowledge.  

I've spread the word, on this site even, about "Peace Officer", a documentary that examines the militarization of our neighborhood police forces that features a local former-county sheriff Dub Lawrence.

Besides speaking out against that practice. Mr. Lawrence critically examines some instances of "draconian drug war tactics" that resulted in unnecessary casualties. 

This includes Matthew Stewart, a veteran with PTSD whose home was raided by police in Ogden, Utah resulting in the death of a police office and later, Mr. Stewart by suicide in jail.

You should watch it.  

It was suggested that the song I wrote condemning the police actions in that raid would not be welcome at a music festival in Ogden with the police there to hear it. I did sing it twice at Utah Arts Festival appearances.

But thanks so much for your concern, Mark. I look forward to hearing what you're doing to stop these practices. You can head back now to that hip, well-appointed abode under the bridge.

Mentioning some of the little I have done was to counter the ridiculous uninformed judgment from a different troll that I was "cheering" for what is going on and should "start feeling concerned".

Take care. Have a nice day.