Matt Jones’ Father Says Son Not Guilty
July 12, 2008 by David Kindervater
Filed under Jacksonville Jaguars
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Following his recent arrest for felony possession of cocaine, Jacksonville Jags wide receiver Matt Jones‘ father made the following statement to the Arkansas Razorback nation at NWAHomepage.com this past week:
“Matt is anxious to make a statement and wants to make a statement. His attorney has advised him to not say anything until they have had a chance to speak together. They will release a statement at the appropriate time. We want to make it clear that Matt was not in possession of any drugs, but that there were drugs in the vehicle and were located in the closest proximity to Matt. He does not claim any responsibility for the drugs. There were two other individuals in the vehicle which did not belong to Matt. Matt has talked to Jacksonville head coach Jack Del Rio, telling coach he made a mistake and realizes that.”
Matt claims no responsibility? Hmm. But let’s give him the benefit of the doubt until he is proven guilty. Still, the police report claims Matt was cutting up cocaine with a credit card. Even if that’s not true, what was he doing in a car with cocaine (and marijuana) in the first place? And who were these two people he was with? Is Matt hanging with drug addicts?
Source: NWAHomepage.com
Who were these other two people with Matt, you ask? Jared Hicks is a former tight end for the Razorbacks and a former teammate of Matt’s. They’ve been close friends for many years. The third guy is from Tulsa and I can assume is just a friend.
This whole ordeal is absolutely uncharacteristic of Matt. I doubted it from day one. We’ll see what the real truth is once all the details come out. Innocent until PROVEN guilty, right?
Another great example of oppression and tyranny being alive and well in the USA.
It’s time to remove all the politicians that promote prohibition. How many more lives have to be needlessly devastated or lost? Prohibited drugs are way easier for kids to get than regulated drugs! Prohibition never works it just causes crime and violence. The year alcohol prohibition was repealed violent crime fell by 65 percent.
On March 22, 1972: The Richard Nixon-appointed, 13-member National Commission on Marijuana and Drug Abuse recommended the decriminalization of marijuana, concluding, “[Marijuana's] relative potential for harm to the vast majority of individual users and its actual impact on society does not justify a social policy designed to seek out and firmly punish those who use it.”
The USA spends $69 billion a year on the drug war, builds 900 new prison beds and hires 150 more correction officers every two weeks, arrests someone on a drug charge every 17 seconds, jails more people than any nation and has killed over 100,000 citizens in the drug war.
In 1914 when there were no prohibited drugs 1.3% of our population was addicted to drugs, today 1.3% of our population is still addicted to drugs but there’s way more crime and violence because of the huge profits prohibition generates. Guns have absolutely nothing to do with using drugs, they have to do with drug prohibition. Al Capone didn’t kill people because he was drunk, he killed people because they got between him and his illegal drug money. The same goes for the drug gangsters of today.
Drugs today are more potent, more readily available and often less expensive than they were in the early 70’s when Richard Nixon started the war on drugs. Every time you look at the news you see more and more drug busts involving bigger and bigger quantities of drugs, not less and less.
There’s only been one drug success story in US history, tobacco, by far the most deadly and one of the most addictive drugs. Almost half the users quit because of regulation, accurate information and medical treatment. No one went to jail and no one got killed.
Not one person in history has ever died from marijuana. Many have died from its PROHIBITION.
1997 annual American deaths caused by drugs:
TOBACCO …………………… 400,000
ALCOHOL …………………… 100,000
ALL LEGAL DRUGS ………. 20,000
ALL ILLEGAL DRUGS ……. 15,000
CAFFEINE ………………………. 2,000
ASPIRIN ……………………………. 500
MARIJUANA …………………………. 0
Source: United States Government,
National Institute On Drug Abuse,
Bureau Of Mortality Statistics.
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The right; to freedom of religion, free speech, a free press, to keep and bear arms, to be secure in your person, house, papers and effects against unreasonable search and seizure, to life, liberty and property, to be protected from having your property taken by the government without due process of law and without just compensation, to confront the witnesses against you, to be protected from excessive bail, excessive fines, cruel and unusual punishment, to vote and many others have been denied to millions of Americans in the name of the drug war.
If you are called for jury duty and you don’t agree with the law the person is charged with, you have the right to vote not guilty, no matter what evidence is produced. Jurors implementing this right in all non-violent drug cases will shut down the ridiculous laws of prohibition. One juror in each case is all it takes. The bottom line is a juror has the right to judge not only the accused person but the LAW the person is accused of breaking. Don’t be intimidated stick to your position Vote Not Guilty in all non-violent drug cases.
Even the World Health Organization has documented the Failure of U.S. Drug Policies, read the article here, join the mailing list, watch the videos:
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