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Seattle's Former Police Chief Talks About the Drug War and Policing Large Scale Demonstrations

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Tags: Norm Stamper, war on drugs, drug legalization, Battle in Seattle, WTO, GOP Convention in Tampa

Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I’m Rob Lorei. Coming up today we’ll speak with the former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper. He has some interesting views on the war on drugs. Plus He’s had the experience of overseeing the Seattle police department during the widespread protests in 1999 over the World Trade Organization.

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