Drew Carey Video: Cops Do Paramilitary-Style Raids On Poker Games

On reason.tv Drew Carey on police using paramilitary style raids on neighborhood poker games. In this instance the Dallas Police Department. On the other hand it does keep the police from breaking in the doors of the marijuana smokers and hauling them off to prison.

"Drew Carey goes all in to report how Dallas cops carried out a paramilitary-style raid on a poker game at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1837, which has now been forced to close its doors.

The raid is part of a broader move by local police to shut down poker games, arrest players, and seize property - even in low stakes games benefiting charity, like at the VFW. And it's emblematic of the government's misguided war on gambling, such as the recently enacted federal ban on Internet wagering. In most jurisdictions throughout the country, consenting adults are banned from gambling -- unless of course they want to bet on low-odds games run by the government. State lotteries, that is."

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