Tag: law enforcement

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November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Seattle Police Legal Marijuana Guide Features Gandalf and Bilbo

Seattle Police Legal Marijuana Guide Features Gandalf and Bilbo

09:58pm The SPD Blotter yesterday published “Marijwhatnow? A Guide to Legal Marijuana Use in Seattle.” It includes a guide for citizens as well as a heads-up...
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November 12, 2012
11/12/2012
Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Were Dismissed in Washington This Week

Hundreds of Marijuana Cases Were Dismissed in Washington This Week

10:13pm Two county prosecutors in Washington State have dismissed 220 pending marijuana possession cases, in response to the passage of I-502, according to the Seattle Times. Although...
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November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.11.07)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.11.07)

05:55pm Week after week, the beat goes on. Here’s the latest on the bad cop front. Let’s get to it: In Baltimore, a Baltimore police detective was...
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November 8, 2012
11/08/2012
Washington Police and Prosecutors Winding Down Marijuana Possession Cases

Washington Police and Prosecutors Winding Down Marijuana Possession Cases

09:55pm Dominic Holden reports for The Stranger: Prosecutors won’t charge marijuana possession cases anymore, starting December 6th: Ian Goodhew, deputy chief of staff for the King County...
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November 6, 2012
11/06/2012
Chronicle Book Review Essay: Two Faces of the Drug War

Chronicle Book Review Essay: Two Faces of the Drug War

02:59pm Cornbread Mafia: A Homegrown Syndicate’s Code of Silence and the Biggest Marijuana Bust in American History, by James Higdon  (2012, Lyons Press, 375 pp., $16.47...
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November 5, 2012
11/05/2012
Utah Undercover Cops Kill Woman Heroin User

Utah Undercover Cops Kill Woman Heroin User

03:41pm Undercover police officers in West Valley, Utah, shot and killed a relapsed heroin user in the parking lot of an apartment building Friday afternoon. Police...
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November 1, 2012
11/01/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.31)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.31)

02:16pm Cops, including a pair of former police chiefs, have been getting arrested on drug-related charges all over the place this past week and, of course,...
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November 1, 2012
11/01/2012
Man ‘Returns’ Marijuana, Pipe to Walmart

Man ‘Returns’ Marijuana, Pipe to Walmart

A 40 year old Florida man was arrested for possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana and possession of paraphernalia while trying to return a printer at...
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October 31, 2012
10/31/2012
Norwood, Massachusetts Chief of Police: Marijuana is Not Medicine

Norwood, Massachusetts Chief of Police: Marijuana is Not Medicine

Norwood Police Chief William Brooks has declared that marijuana is not medicine; we’ll have to check on his medical credentials and get back to you on that....
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October 30, 2012
10/30/2012
Marijuana Arrests Decline in 2011, but Still Total Half of All Illicit Drug Violations

Marijuana Arrests Decline in 2011, but Still Total Half of All Illicit Drug Violations

Police made 757,969 arrests in 2011 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The total is a decrease from past years....
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October 30, 2012
10/30/2012
TX Trooper in Chopper Fires on ‘Drug Load;’ Two Dead

TX Trooper in Chopper Fires on ‘Drug Load;’ Two Dead

04:26pm A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper in a helicopter opened fire on a fleeing pick-up truck suspected of carrying a “drug load” Thursday, but...
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October 29, 2012
10/29/2012
Two More Drug War Deaths on Tuesday

Two More Drug War Deaths on Tuesday

03:31am A Louisville, Kentucky, woman was killed in a high-speed chase as police pursued a drug suspect Tuesday, and a St. Paul, Minnesota man was shot...
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October 26, 2012
10/26/2012
Study: Over 200,000 Marijuana Arrests in Colorado Over Past 25 Years

Study: Over 200,000 Marijuana Arrests in Colorado Over Past 25 Years

In the 25 years from 1986 to 2010, police and sheriffs’ departments in Colorado made 210,000 arrests for the crime of possessing small amounts of marijuana, according...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
Drug Forfeiture Laws: An Assault on Property Law and Common Sense

Drug Forfeiture Laws: An Assault on Property Law and Common Sense

The Institute for Justice, a Libertarian think-tank, has put out a new video highlighting the dangers drug forfeiture laws pose to everyday citizens and how little it...
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October 25, 2012
10/25/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.24)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.24)

03:01am Small town police chiefs gone wild! Junkie cop sells stolen police guns to dealer! More crooked cops go down in stings! Let’s get to it:...
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October 23, 2012
10/23/2012
GA Man Holding Pepper Spray Killed in Drug Raid

GA Man Holding Pepper Spray Killed in Drug Raid

05:18pm Georgia police executing a drug search warrant, shot and killed the 60-year-old home owner holding a canister of pepper spray during a confrontation last Wednesday....
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October 22, 2012
10/22/2012
Arkansas Drug Director, Chamber Oppose Medical Marijuana

Arkansas Drug Director, Chamber Oppose Medical Marijuana

Arkansas’ top anti-drug official and the state Chamber of Commerce joined pharmacists and law enforcement agencies last Friday to announce their opposition to the Arkansas Medical Marijuana Act, a measure...
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October 19, 2012
10/19/2012
California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win

California Three Strikes Reform Initiative Poised to Win

12:00pm In 1998, Bernice Cubie got caught with $10 worth of cocaine. Since it was her third offense, although she had never hurt anyone, she was...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.10.16)

06:31pm A St. Louis cop is headed for federal prison for re-selling seized pot, a Camden cop is heading there too, for running amok in the...
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October 17, 2012
10/17/2012
Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

Texas Woman Jailed for Outing Narc on Facebook

04:35pm In a case that would appear to raise serious First Amendment questions, a Mesquite, Texas woman has been arrested and charged with a felony after she allegedly...
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