{news} (NEW RELEASE) THORNTON: "1, 000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS" WILL DO LITTLE TO STOP URBAN VIOLENCE

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    THORNTON FOR GOVERNOR 
  PO Box 1971, Manchester, CT 06045 
  www.votethornton.com 
   
  PRESS RELEASE- JUNE 29, 2006- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
  Contact: Cliff Thornton, Green Party Candidate for Governor (860) 657-8438-Home or (860) 268-1294-Campaign cell 
  Tim McKee (860) 778-1304-Campaign Manager
   
  THORNTON: “1,000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS” WILL DO LITTLE TO STOP URBAN VIOLENCE 
  “MALLOY, DESTEFANO AND RELL DO NOT UNDERSTAND ROOT CAUSE OF CRIME“
   
  Hartford, CT - CLIFF THORNTON, GREEN PARTY CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR REACTED STRONGLY TO DANNELL MALLOY’S CALL FOR 1,000 MORE POLICE OFFICERS TO DEAL WITH URBAN VIOLENCE AS THE “ SAME OLD RHETORIC FROM OUT OF TOUCH POLITICANS TRYING TO OUT ‘LAW AND ORDER’ EACH OTHER, INSTEAD OF ADDRESSING THE REAL ISSUES CAUSING THE VIOLENCE”.
   
  Thornton, who was raised in Hartford and saw his mother die of a drug overdose, said “MALLOY, DESTEFANO AND RELL are arguing over the same old programs that HAVE NOT WORKED and how many millions it will take for the failed programs. Common sense tell you that more and more “youth programs” will do little when a kid can see he can make a thousand dollars a day selling drugs and is in desperate poverty. 
   
  Throwing hundreds more in jail for drugs like the Malloy plan calls for will destroy more families, create more poverty not less. This will only make the situation worse! More and more of the legal and police officers are looking to groups like Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (L.E.A.P) with over 5,000 members ,for real solutions such as legalizing, Medicalizing and decriminalizing to fight crime.  The plans proposed by Rell and the Democrats will only increase drug profits and drug crime.
   
  I am planning to bring people like these police chiefs and officers to tour the state and debate real solutions with these Gubernatorial candidates; real solutions from people who are in the streets everyday versus professional politicians trying to look tough.
   
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