Tag: law enforcement

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October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
Man Wins $40,000 Suit After Cops Mistake His Candy For Crack

Man Wins $40,000 Suit After Cops Mistake His Candy For Crack

Just days after news broke that the NYPD had arrested a man for Jolly Rancher possession, a similarly candy-coated drama played out in the courts. George Pringle, 57,...
By: Andy Cush
October 23, 2013
10/23/2013
Do Not Donate Giant Bags of Weed to Thrift Stores

Do Not Donate Giant Bags of Weed to Thrift Stores

An employee of a Seattle thrift store was emptying a donation bin only to find a large garbage bag “containing 2.5 pounds of marijuana.” Consequently, the Seattle Police Department decided to...
October 21, 2013
10/21/2013
Judge to Review Sheriff Deputy File for Misconduct Evidence

Judge to Review Sheriff Deputy File for Misconduct Evidence

Yesterday medical cannabis patients Dennis and Deborah Little were in the San Diego County Courthouse in Vista as their attorneys Lance Rogers and Logan Fairfax argued a...
October 17, 2013
10/17/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.16)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.16)

A hard-partying Colorado cop calls it a career, a DC cop launders a bit of drug money, a North Carolina narc gets caught with her fingers in the...
October 15, 2013
10/15/2013
Scotland Police Left Cannabis in Rental Van

Scotland Police Left Cannabis in Rental Van

Trash bags packed with cannabis were found in a rental van after Coatbridge Police rented it. An employee found the bags of weed after driving it 12...
October 11, 2013
10/11/2013
Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

Autistic Teen Tricked Into Buying Weed for Undercover Cop

by Sabrina Fendrick, Director of Women’s Outreach, October 10, 2013 In late 2012, a Riverside County, California police officer infiltrated a local high school, befriended a vulnerable,...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.09)

More cops with pain pill issues, a Texas deputy goes down for slinging cocaine, and a former Milwaukee cop gets slapped for putting his hands in the...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

Dutch Rolling Out Pot Scented Cards

The Dutch pot scented cards have been used experimentally for three years, but are now being widely distributed in four more cities. The implementation of these cards...
October 10, 2013
10/10/2013
Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Colbert Report on Marijuana Legalization Re-Names States “Cheech-orado” and “Washing-Chong”

Last night on Comedy Central satirical news show The Colbert Report, The Rev. Sir Doctor Sen. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World** covered recent...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
Tales From the Grow: 24-Hour Lease

Tales From the Grow: 24-Hour Lease

The summer sun still crested the October sky on one of those northwest days that brought piercing heat at its zenith and winter cold once it fell...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

The Doomed Economics of Drug Prohibition

Reason’s Jacob Sullum recounts a recent study which found that despite efforts to reduce global drug supplies, the purity of drugs has risen while the price has...
October 9, 2013
10/09/2013
USA v. Gutierrez: Oaksterdam University Protestor Beaten by Federal Officers Found Guilty of Assault

USA v. Gutierrez: Oaksterdam University Protestor Beaten by Federal Officers Found Guilty of Assault

“My children are going to grow up without a father! Over what?!” shouted Sarah Schrader, longtime girlfriend of Jose Gutierrez and the mother of his two young...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.02)

This Week’s Corrupt Cops Stories (2013.10.02)

Cops peddling pot, cops gobbling steroids, cops with sticky fingers, and, of course, a crooked prison guard. Just another week on the drug war corruption beat. Let’s...
October 3, 2013
10/03/2013
Pot Bust by Traffic Cops Picked Up by Justices

Pot Bust by Traffic Cops Picked Up by Justices

The Supreme Court said it will take up whether an anonymous 911 call reporting a reckless driver justified a search that led to a pot bust. In...
October 2, 2013
10/02/2013
Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

Three-Year-Old Goes to School With 14 Bags of Weed

If you haven’t already, check out this story about a toddler who went to school with a backpack full of weed in New York City. I had...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
California’s DNA Database to Include Lesser Charges

California’s DNA Database to Include Lesser Charges

The Wall Street Journal reported last week that it appears California is expanding its DNA program to include samples taken from those charged with lesser crimes. People...
October 1, 2013
10/01/2013
Two More Drug War Deaths

Two More Drug War Deaths

A Texas marijuana grower and a California man who might have been a drug dealer were killed by police in separate incidents last week. The two men...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
Weedist Destinations: Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Weedist Destinations: Puerto Escondido, Mexico

Sun, surf and sinsemilla. Puerto Escondido used to boom with tourism, the locals say. The streets were flush with extranjeros whose liquid funds and frivolity represent the...
September 30, 2013
09/30/2013
UK Police Chief: It Is Time To End The War On Drugs

UK Police Chief: It Is Time To End The War On Drugs

Mike Barton, Durham’s chief constable says it’s time to end the war on drugs. “What I am saying is that drugs should be controlled. They should not, of...
September 27, 2013
09/27/2013
Legalization Debate Held at Wichita State University

Legalization Debate Held at Wichita State University

Jack Cole of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) was set to debate local law enforcement at Wichita State University yesterday, but no local law enforcement showed up....