Tag: law enforcement

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September 10, 2012
09/10/2012
Alabama Man Kills Himself in Drug Raid

Alabama Man Kills Himself in Drug Raid

12:11am A Buhl, Alabama, man apparently shot and killed himself as members of the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s Office went to serve a possession of a controlled...
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September 6, 2012
09/06/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.05)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.09.05)

02:53am The Murray County, Georgia, scandal keeps unraveling, another prison guard goes down, and a pair of South Texas deputies are going away for awhile. Let’s...
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September 5, 2012
09/05/2012
California Cops Kill Man, Seize Ecstasy Tablets

California Cops Kill Man, Seize Ecstasy Tablets

04:56pm Police in the gritty San Francisco Bay area suburb of Vallejo shot and killed one man and wounded another early Sunday morning and seized about...
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August 30, 2012
08/30/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.29)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.29)

03:21am There’s something funny going on in Georgia, the DEA is investigating missing drug evidence in West Virginia, more prison guards get in trouble, and an...
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August 27, 2012
08/27/2012
Alabama Narcs Kill One, Wound One

Alabama Narcs Kill One, Wound One

05:21pm Undercover narcs with the Hueytown Police shot and killed one man and wounded another in nearby Brighton Wednesday afternoon. Calvin Robinson, 21, becomes the 44th person...
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August 23, 2012
08/23/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.22)

03:48pm It never stops, and there are so many varieties of law enforcement misdoing. Let’s get to it: In Wagner, South Dakota, the Wagner police chief resigned...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
Drug Court for Marijuana: Good or Bad Idea?

Drug Court for Marijuana: Good or Bad Idea?

Reason’s Mike Riggs has a well written and must read article about the pitfalls of choosing Drug Court Marijuana. I have taken issue with Riggs’ work before...
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August 21, 2012
08/21/2012
No Warrant Needed for Illinois Drug Wiretaps

No Warrant Needed for Illinois Drug Wiretaps

012, 08:20pm In Illinois, the war on drugs has delivered yet another blow to citizens’ privacy rights. In the Land of Lincoln, it is illegal for citizens...
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August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Three More Drug War Deaths

Three More Drug War Deaths

05:49pm Three more people have died in drug war-related incidents in recent days, including a Puerto Rican police officer. They are the 40th, 41st, and 42nd persons...
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August 17, 2012
08/17/2012
Huge Grow Busted in Colorado 7,000 – 9,000 Plants Seized

Huge Grow Busted in Colorado 7,000 – 9,000 Plants Seized

Between 7,000 and 9,000 plants were seized in Pueblo County when a huge grow was raided on Wednesday, August 15. The huge grow was situated outdoors in...
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August 16, 2012
08/16/2012
Man Steals Pot from Police Because ‘It Smelled So Good’

Man Steals Pot from Police Because ‘It Smelled So Good’

David Allan Thompson was arrested in Pennsylvania on Saturday for allegedly stealing a bag of marijuana from a police station because, “I just couldn’t help myself. That bud smelled...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Marijuana Edibles Gets Nashville Officer Fired

Edward Karl lost his job as a Nashville, TN police officer because he was caught in a “fake drug check point” with marijuana edibles while driving back...
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August 15, 2012
08/15/2012
Police in Rome Seize Marijuana Farm Operating in Tunnel

Police in Rome Seize Marijuana Farm Operating in Tunnel

Italian police have discovered and seized a sprawling marijuana farm in a tunnel in Rome built during the era of Mussolini. The crop had an estimated street value of $3.7...
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August 14, 2012
08/14/2012
Honolulu Police Officer Fired After Marijuana Guilty Plea

Honolulu Police Officer Fired After Marijuana Guilty Plea

The Honolulu Police Department has fired Michael Steven Chu, the officer who pleaded guilty to federal marijuana possession and cultivation charges for running two indoor growing operations...
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August 8, 2012
08/08/2012
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.07)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2012.08.07)

07:02pm It never stops, does it? Here’s another seven bad apples. Let’s get to it: In Los Angeles, an LA County sheriff’s deputy was charged last Tuesday with...
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August 7, 2012
08/07/2012
Colorado’s MMJ Enforcement Division Has More Vehicles Than Enforcers

Colorado’s MMJ Enforcement Division Has More Vehicles Than Enforcers

It seems as if  Colorado’s MMJ Enforcement Division took too many bong hits when they made their “Things we Need to Enforce”  list, because now they have more fancy vehicles than...
By: Lateralus
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Arrests Possible for Marijuana Possession at Lollapalooza in Chicago

Arrests Possible for Marijuana Possession at Lollapalooza in Chicago

Chicago Police Department officials warn that you may still be arrested for marijuana possession at Lollapalooza this weekend even as Chicago’s new decimalization law goes into effect on Saturday. Why?  The...
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August 3, 2012
08/03/2012
Honolulu Police Officer Faces Five Years for Growing Pot

Honolulu Police Officer Faces Five Years for Growing Pot

Michael Steven Chu, a Honolulu police officer has pleaded guilty and faces up to five years in prison for conspiring to cultivate 48 plants and to possess with...
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August 2, 2012
08/02/2012
Handcuffed Marijuana Offender Shot, Killed in Police Car

Handcuffed Marijuana Offender Shot, Killed in Police Car

05:03pm, (Issue #745) A Southhaven, Mississippi, man arrested for marijuana by police in nearby Jonesboro, Arkansas, was shot and killed as he sat handcuffed in the...
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August 1, 2012
08/01/2012
DOJ to Sentencing Commission: Fewer Prisoners, Please

DOJ to Sentencing Commission: Fewer Prisoners, Please

04:46pm In a Congressionally mandated annual report to the US Sentencing Commission on the operation of federal sentencing guidelines, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) said continuing increases...
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