Dist. Atty. Views Need Amending

Dist. Atty. (Michael R.) Capizzi’s response to those who favor legalization of illicit substances (“Legal Drugs No Answer, Says Capizzi,” July 27) is so full of emotional rhetoric, I’m still searching for substance. It’s also chilling.

Capizzi complains that delays in the legal system come from such things as the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, and the Miranda rule, which gives suspects the right to legal counsel. “There are so many roadblocks in the system,” he says.

Excuse me, Mr. District Attorney, but the Fourth Amendment and the Miranda rule keep people like you from turning this country into a police state.

There may be some “roadblocks,” but I’m certainly not going to sit back and allow the likes of you to give police and prosecutors the right to search and seize without probable cause in the name of fighting a “war” that has little to do with drugs, but a lot to do with subverting the Bill of Rights.

JOSEPH B. BLUME, Tustin