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Baltimore Sued Over Anti-Drug Program

From the Wall Street Journal's Best of the Web, which linked to us today, causing our hits to soar.

"When a drug dealer murders a family by burning down its house, who's responsible? According to lawyer Johnnie Cochran of O.J. Simpson fame, it's the city of Baltimore, because, the Baltimore Sun reports, "the anti-drug 'Baltimore Believe' campaign encouraged residents to speak out against dealers."

The case involves alleged retaliation by a drug dealer against someone who ratted. "Part of the claim will focus on the "Believe" campaign, which encourages residents to take back their city from drug dealers in a number of ways, including reporting dealers to police."

And if a citizen listens to the city's campaign on the evils of drugs and burns down the house of a drug dealer, thinking he is being a righteous part of the war on drugs, and the fire kills the drug dealer's family, the city would be equally liable, right?

Either way, our money's on Johnnie.

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