Tag: law enforcement

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March 28, 2013
03/28/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.27)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.27)

Dirty cops go down in Miami and New York, so does a jail guard in DC, and a Long Island dope squad’s problems continue to mount. Let’s...
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March 27, 2013
03/27/2013
US Supreme Court Limits Front Door Drug Dog Sniffs

US Supreme Court Limits Front Door Drug Dog Sniffs

The US Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that a drug dog’s sniff of a residence’s front door is search under the meaning of the Fourth Amendment and that...
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March 27, 2013
03/27/2013
California Lawmaker Says Email Seizure Needs Warrants

California Lawmaker Says Email Seizure Needs Warrants

Law-enforcement agencies need warrants to seize the mail of U.S. citizens, and the same rule will apply to email under a new bill proposed to the California...
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March 26, 2013
03/26/2013
NYPD Brass on Hot Seat in Stop-and-Frisk Trial

NYPD Brass on Hot Seat in Stop-and-Frisk Trial

An NYPD inspector parsed words over whether he set “quotas” or “performance goals” for the number of people he wanted arrested or summonsed, in a trial challenging...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
Second NYPD Whistleblower Tells Why He Taped Brass

Second NYPD Whistleblower Tells Why He Taped Brass

A second Bronx police officer on Thursday told a federal judge why he recorded his superiors pressuring him to stop and frisk more young black and Latino...
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March 25, 2013
03/25/2013
TheFix.com: “The Drug Warriors Cashing In on Pot Prohibition”

TheFix.com: “The Drug Warriors Cashing In on Pot Prohibition”

“Former public servants, from DEA chiefs to cops, are using their clout to lobby for drug policies that enrich themselves.” That’s the sub-headline on today’s exceptional feature story on...
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March 22, 2013
03/22/2013
Secret Roll Call Recordings Played in NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Trial

Secret Roll Call Recordings Played in NYPD Stop-and-Frisk Trial

An NYPD officer testified Wednesday that his bosses retaliated for his blowing the whistle on quotas by prosecuting him for false statements on forms that his patrol...
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March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.20)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.20)

013 A Customs agent, a Texas deputy, and a small-town California cop all go down this week. Let’s get to it: In Yuma, Arizona, a US Customs and...
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March 21, 2013
03/21/2013
Report: New York City Cops Spent One Million Hours In Staff Time Making Marijuana Possession Arrests

Report: New York City Cops Spent One Million Hours In Staff Time Making Marijuana Possession Arrests

New York City police spent an estimated one million hours in staff time making low level marijuana possession arrests between the years 2002 and 2012, according to the findings...
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March 15, 2013
03/15/2013
St. Louis Pot-Reform Cop Sues Police Commission

St. Louis Pot-Reform Cop Sues Police Commission

An officer sued the St. Louis Police Commission, claiming it violated his speech rights by threatening to discipline him for advocating reform of marijuana laws. Gary Wiegert...
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March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.13)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.13)

Cops growing pot, cops stealing pain pills, cops doing rip-offs, and narcs up to shady doings. Just another week on the corrupt cops beat. Let’s get to...
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March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
British Soccer Club Uses Marijuana Heat Lamps Seized in Police Raids to Grow Field Grass

British Soccer Club Uses Marijuana Heat Lamps Seized in Police Raids to Grow Field Grass

English soccer club Notts County are using marijuana heat lamps confiscated in police raids to help maintain their field. The heat lamps are being deployed on lighting...
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March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Undercover Narc Kills Armed Michigan Teen

Undercover Narc Kills Armed Michigan Teen

An undercover Michigan drug task force officer shot and killed a 17-year-old who pulled a weapon and tried to rob him Tuesday afternoon in Southfield, police said....
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March 14, 2013
03/14/2013
Continuation of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ Reign of Terror on the Ill and Infirm

Continuation of San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis’ Reign of Terror on the Ill and Infirm

Dennis and Deborah Little are a retired couple dealing with life-threatening illnesses who became medical cannabis patients and sought cover under California’s voter approved Proposition 215, the...
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March 11, 2013
03/11/2013
Grand Rapids Marijuana Dispensaries, Raided Wednesday, Still in Business

Grand Rapids Marijuana Dispensaries, Raided Wednesday, Still in Business

Grand Rapids police raided three medical marijuana dispensaries last Wednesday seizing nearly everything in sight; the Mid-Michigan Compassion Club, the Natural Wellness and Purple Med. GRPD believed they...
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March 11, 2013
03/11/2013
ACLU to Examine SWAT, Police Militarization

ACLU to Examine SWAT, Police Militarization

The American Civil Liberties Union announced this week that it was seeking data from police departments across the country in an effort to determine the extent to which law...
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March 7, 2013
03/07/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.06)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.03.06)

The Tulsa police corruption scandal is the gift that keeps on giving, Jackson, MS cops head to prison, and more cops want pills too badly for their...
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March 5, 2013
03/05/2013
Police Kill OKC Man in Convenience Store Drug Deal

Police Kill OKC Man in Convenience Store Drug Deal

An undercover police officer shot and killed an Oklahoma City man while attempting to arrest him after observing a suspected drug deal Friday. Marcus Dewayne Patterson, 35,...
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February 28, 2013
02/28/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.27)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.02.27)

Suspected dirty cops are under investigation in Texas and Alabama, a light-fingered (and well-connected) Philly cop gets suspended, a Texas cop gets in trouble for trying to...
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February 27, 2013
02/27/2013
Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Medical Marijuana Patient Raided After Mention in Newspaper

Yesterday, the Miami Herald published an article discussing a recent poll that shows a majority of Florida voters support medical marijuana. The article specifically mentioned the Cathy Jordan Medical Cannabis Act and talked...
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