http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12 Oh, my... Three people including two police constables were yesterday shot dead as the police stormed Kalerwe, a city suburb in Kawempe Division to arrest drug abusers. In the botched operation, police constables ended up turning their guns on each other and creating a bloody scene that lasted about two hours. Among the dead was a 10 year-old-boy identified as Willy Byamukama, killed by a police constable's bullet. The constable then shot and killed two colleagues who had tried to apprehend him for killing the child—leaving some of the suspects they had come to arrest looking on in shock. According... Copyright 2008 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:35:28 -0800 Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:34:20 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Uh, wow. That's horrific.

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065267 Drugs Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:58:18 -0800 Every day, I think I might have heard the most horrible thing in the world, but the world always comes through. Well played, world. I'm going to go have a pizza in your honor.

]]> kentdog http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065319 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065319 Drugs Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:41:01 -0800 A lesson in most probability learned from by director Tarantino and absolutely useless to law enforcement. "GO GET EM WEED SMOKERS. THEY'RE GOING TO HELL, OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!!!!"

]]> J.C. Combs http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065382 Drugs Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:41:00 -0800 This is truly horrible. It is however a relief to know that in civilized countries like Uganda, that police get diciplined when they harm innocent bystanders. It seems all too often that police here get a free pass on people harmed in "no knock" raids.

]]> Sasha http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065449 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065449 Drugs Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:24:33 -0800 The children are always the one's that suffer. Save the babies. Save the children.

]]> Vince http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065588 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065588 Drugs Thu, 03 Jul 2008 13:40:57 -0800 did the police mean to shoot one another or did they lose track of who's who in the cluster fuck of a poorly executed raid? i'm having trouble wrapping my head around the whole thing.

]]> douglas http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065655 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/winning_the_war_on_drugs_12#c1065655 Drugs Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:34:20 -0800