When they catch one of the 1%, suddenly it's news.
Maybe now people will take a hard look at overturning some of these laws, but it's a shame that the USA is government of, by, and for the rich; and bad laws are only unfair when they unfairly snag the rich.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ccx7xYBArBc
The solution is always to crack down harder with stricter penalties and longer sentences to maintain the permanent underclass.
B. He is not the 1%. If a 1%er kid got pulled over with a bunch of drugs in his pockets it would be a totally different story. He would probably not consent to a search because his lawyer would have already told him not to. Even if he had consented to a search, the cop probably would get a call from the sheriff, governor, attorney general, etc.. telling him that the kid should be let go. Even if the kid was arrested, a team of lawyers would be searching for loop holes and connections to the DA to get the case dropped. Even if the kid was convicted, the lawyers would appeal. And large donations would be made to the election campaigns of govenor,DA, etc.. to try and get a pardon or retrial.
And his ex-CIA-chief daddy would get all of his criminal records classified so that no one would find out and he can run for President. Apparently there are some damning things about George W. Bush in Dallas Observer police blotters from the 80s; anybody here have a copy of those?
You're right, though, this guy was a ten-percenter. He's still white and wealthy and not the intended target of the drug laws.
This is: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19601277/ns/us_news-crime_and_co...
"They found less than an ounce of marijuana along with Xanax, Valium, Vicodin and Adderall, which is used for attention deficit disorder, he said."
Spoiler: He got off without being charged by entering a 90-day treatment program.