Alabama Man Killed After Cops Interrupt Drug Deal
A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a man who attempted to drive off in his vehicle after deputies broke up a drug deal in progress Friday night. The as yet unidentified 21-year-old...
View ArticleTexas Officer Shot Leading SWAT Drug Raid Dies
A Killeen police officer died Sunday, two days after being shot during a pre-dawn SWAT drug raid. Detective Charles "Chuck" Dinwiddie becomes the 16th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Strange goings on in Phoenix, some Philly narcs get their hands slapped, another prison guard gets in trouble, and a couple of crooked cops head for prison. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM--May 16, 2014
The DEA is in the hot seat, it looks like Minnesota will be the next medical marijuana state (but they won't be able to smoke it), California could actually get around to regulating its dispensary...
View ArticleColombia, FARC Reach Accord on Drug Issues
The Colombian government and the Marxist guerrillas of the FARC have reportedly reached an agreement on how to deal with drug issues, the third item in a five-part agenda for peace talks that have...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- May 19, 2014
The feds will still arrest you for marijuana possession on their property in DC even though the city has decriminalized, Chicago cops will still arrest you for possession even though they could just...
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Jail guards break bad in Mississippi and Delaware, a Missouri cop gets in trouble for protecting his snitch, and a Georgia cop gets ready to go to prison for protecting a pill mill. Lets get to...
View ArticleSouth Florida Man Dies 11 Days after Being Shot in SWAT Drug Raid
A Hallandale, Florida, man has died less than two weeks after being shot during a SWAT team drug raid at his home. Howard Bowe, 34, becomes the 17th person to die in US domestic drug law enforcement...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- May 27, 2014
Chuck Schumer wants $100 million to fight heroin in New York, a congressional vote to stop the DEA from attacking medical marijuana in states where it is legal is coming soon, the New York Assembly is...
View ArticleOne Dead As Car Carrying Marijuana Crashes During Police Pursuit
One man is dead and another hospitalized after the car they were in flipped and crashed during a high-speed police pursuit outside the East Texas town of Bullard Saturday night. Christopher Blake...
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The Dallas city council pays out for another brutal drug raid, and a Florida narc can't keep his crack straight. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Dallas, the Dallas city council approved a...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- May 28, 2014
Look out 2016, here comes Nevada! Also, a US congressman rips into NYPD over marijuana arrests, a New York medical marijuana bill passes the Assembly, Dallas pays out big time for police misbehavior,...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- May 29, 2014
Minnesota becomes the 22nd medical marijuana state, the California Senate passes a medical marijuana regulation bill and a bill equalizing crack and powder cocaine offenses, a new study reports on who...
View ArticleATF's Operation Gideon Raises Questions of Fairness, Justice, and Race [FEATURE]
Special to Drug War Chronicle by Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.comPart I of a series on the ATF's Operation Gideon, targeting inner city "bad guys" with drug house robbery stings[image:1...
View ArticleTampa SWAT Team Kills Armed Man in Marijuana Grow House Raid
A Tampa, Florida, police SWAT team attempting to carry out a drug search warrant shot and killed a man they said pointed a gun at them Tuesday night. Jason Joseph Westcott, 29, becomes the 19th person...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 3, 2014
That Georgia drug raid last week that left a toddler seriously burned and in a medically-induced coma continues to spark outrage, the DC pot possession and cultivation legalization initiative is...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 4, 2014
Legendary chemist Alexander Shulgin has died, the fight for medical marijuana in New York continues, Chicago sues Big Pharma over prescription opiates, Britain's black police association wants a look...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More cops with prescription pill problems, more jail guards tempting fate. Just another week in drug war police corruption. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Bennington, Vermont, a former...
View ArticleSmuggler Shooting Immediately Tests Border Patrol's New Force Policy
Last Friday, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Commissioner Gil Kerlikowske announced new policies designed to reduce the use of deadly force by Border Patrol agents. Hours later, a Border Patrol agent...
View ArticleChronicle AM -- June 5, 2014
An Arkansas marijuana legalization initiative can start signature-gathering, DC's medical marijuana program now includes more eligible conditions, Tennessee's governor unveils his prescription drug...
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