Tag Archives: Drugs & Vice

John Whitehead: Anything Goes When You’re a Cop in America

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“Not only are cops protected from most charges of wrongdoing—whether it’s shooting unarmed citizens (including children and old people), raping and abusing young women, falsifying police reports, trafficking drugs, or soliciting sex with minors—but even on the rare occasions when they are fired for misconduct, it’s only a matter of time before they get re-hired again.”

Read more: http://rutherford.org/publications_resources/john_whiteheads_commentary/anything_goes_when_youre_a_cop_in_america

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In America, Growing Tomatoes Might Get Your Home SWAT Raided

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“As the family sat quarantined in their own living room while the police searched through their most private and intimate belongings, Bob’s wife Addie had a terrible thought: This must have something to do with the family’s tomato garden.”

Read more: https://fee.org/articles/growing-tomatoes-might-get-your-home-raided-by-the-police/

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Why Police Prefer Drug Raids Over Investigating Violent Crimes

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“There are numerous reasons why police tend to focus on certain types of law enforcement. Not all of them originate with the police agencies themselves.”

Read more: https://mises.org/blog/why-police-prefer-drug-raids-over-investigating-violent-crimes

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Cop didn’t know his body cam was filming him planting drugs

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“The officer’s alleged trickery was revealed by the fact that his body cam retained footage for 30 seconds before it was activated to begin recording. During that time, according to the footage and the Baltimore public defender’s office, Officer Richard Pinheiro puts a bag of pills in a can in an alley and walks out of the alley.”

Read more: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/07/cop-didnt-know-his-body-cam-was-on-footage-shows-him-planting-drugs/

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Congress Passes Bill To Imprison Sexting Teens, And Their Parents, For 15 Years

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“The United States House of Representatives has passed a bill to criminalize ‘sexting’ among teenagers. But that’s not all. This ominous bill also punishes their parents by making them face a 15-year mandatory, minimum sentence.”

Read more: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/congress-passes-bill-criminalize-teen-sexting/

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The DEA’s $4 Billion Warrantless Cash Grab

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“Federal law enforcement officers are raking in hundreds of millions of dollars a year with little oversight or constitutional protections for property owners.  Most of these types of seizures are never challenged.  The I.G. found petitions were filed in only 20 percent of the DEA cash seizures it reviewed. Of those that were challenged, though, 40 percent saw money fully or partially returned to the owner, indicating that there may be a significant number of unfounded seizures going unchallenged.”

Read more: http://reason.com/archives/2017/06/11/the-deas-warrantless-cash-grab

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Silk Road Creator Ross Ulbricht Loses His Life Sentence Appeal

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“As Judge Katherine Forrest explained at the time, Ulbricht’s life sentence was intended also to send a message to other would-be dark web drug kingpins. Her strategy appears to have backfired, at least in the short term: Sales on Silk Road successor sites doubled in the immediate wake of Ulbricht’s sentence, as news of the trial’s outcome raised awareness of the dark web drug market.”

Read more: https://www.wired.com/2017/05/silk-road-creator-ross-ulbricht-loses-life-sentence-appeal/

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Sessions’ ‘New’ Drug Policy: Even More Mandatory Minimums

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“The directive instructs federal prosecutors to pursue the most serious, readily provable offense. It thus resurrects the emphasis on mandatory minimum sentencing requirements, which have required judges to impose draconian sentences for drug crimes, even when they don’t believe these sentences are warranted. Sessions’ memo rescinds and reverses the reforms implemented by former Attorney General Eric Holder, which urged prosecutors to charge people with low-level drug cases to avoid triggering mandatory minimum sentences. Nearly half (or 92,000) of the people in federal prison are serving sentences for drug convictions.”

Read more: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/40594-women-imprisoned-under-the-drug-war-speak-out-against-sessions-new-policy

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Florida sheriff taunts drug dealers in video resembling ISIS propaganda

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“The 90-second video message from Sheriff Peyton Grinnell features a stern message to heroin dealers in his community, as he’s flanked by four deputies in body armor and black face masks, who stoically stare into the camera. Some people made comparisons to videos from the Islamic State, the terrorist group also known as ISIS whose propaganda often features masked men delivering fiery statements.”

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/florida-sheriff-drug-dealers-viral-video-2017-4

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Smoking Pot Kicks You Off Transplant Lists — Even In States Where It’s Legal

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“More than half the states in the country have legalized medical marijuana, but some hospitals still bar users from life-saving organ transplants. The policy delayed the late Riley Hancey’s lung transplant for months.”

Read more: https://www.buzzfeed.com/alysonmartin/smoking-pot-can-get-you-kicked-off-transplant-lists-even-in

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