This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A sticky-fingered Detroit cop goes down, so does an entrepreneurial New Mexico deputy, and more jail guards get in trouble. Of course. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Baltimore, a Baltimore...
View ArticleChronicle AM: DEA "Cold Consent" Searches, NYC Calls for Pot Legalization, KY...
An Ohio legalization initiative heads for signature-gathering, the NYC city council calls for decrim and legalization, the DEA's "cold consent" searches get critiqued, Kentucky pols can't agree on how...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NM Legislature Passes Civil Asset Forfeiture Ban, No Jail for...
A ban on civil asset forfeiture passes the legislature in New Mexico, there was a legalization demo in New Jersey and a medical marijuana rally in Tennessee, a UN agency says the herbicide used to...
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A DC FBI agent's heroin habit gets the best of him, a sticky-fingered Utah narc is in trouble, so are four Memphis jail guards, and crooked cops in San Francisco and Houston head for prison. Let's get...
View ArticleChronicle AM: CA Poll Has 55% for Legalization, GA MedMJ CBD Bill Passes, DEA...
Marijuana and medical marijuana remain hot items at the statehouse, a new report says DEA agents partied with prostitutes paid for by drug traffickers, Indiana's governor okays emergency needle...
View ArticleTwo More Drug War Deaths This Week
A Virginia man was shot and killed by police Tuesday after a drug investigation turned into a chase and confrontation, and a Florida man died Wednesday after swallowing drugs in a bid to avoid arrest...
View ArticleChronicle AM: AK Pot Bill Advances, Obama Commutes Drug Sentences, Brit Drug...
There will still be marijuana felonies under a bill moving in Alaska, North Dakota has a new hemp law, an Arkansas welfare drug test bill heads to the governor's desk, Obama commutes sentences, and...
View ArticleTulsa Meth and Guns Suspect Killed When Reserve Deputy Grabs Pistol Instead...
A Tulsa man targeted in undercover meth and gun trafficking investigations was shot and killed last Thursday by a 73-year-old reserve deputy who said he mistook his pistol for a Taser. Eric Harris...
View ArticleBronx Teen Fleeing Cops Over Pot Falls to His Death
A Bronx teenager has died two days after falling from the roof of a six-story apartment building as he fled police who were chasing a group of young pot-smokers. Hakeem Kuta, 17, becomes the 17th...
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Drug-related law enforcement thievery from lowly police cadets to high-placed DEA and Secret Service agents is the them this week. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Baltimore, a DEA agent and a...
View ArticleAnother Week, Another Pair of Drug War Deaths
A black New Orleans man who was killed Monday after a traffic stop escalated into a chase and shootout and a white South Carolina man who was killed in a drug raid on his home Thursday are the latest...
View ArticleFlorida Man Dies After Eating Drugs to Avoid Bust
A Marathon, Florida, man died last week after apparently swallowing a bag or bags of drugs following a traffic stop turned drug bust. Clifford Green, 39, becomes the 20th person to die in US domestic...
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Looks like we've got us a Big City Bad Boys edition this week, with the exception of a pair of crooked Louisiana cops, but that pair is pretty special, too. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In New...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Jamaica Decrim Now in Effect, First CA 2016 Legalization Init...
A Northern California attorney is first out of the gate with a 2016 legalization initiative, a CBD cannabis oil bill becomes law in Georgia, and another awaits the governor's signature in Oklahoma,...
View ArticleHolding Motorists on Highway to Await Drug Dog Searches Not OK, Supreme Court...
This article was published in collaboration with AlterNet and first appeared here. In a 6-3 decision today, the US Supreme Court held that detaining motorists on the side of the highway to await the...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Supreme Court Nixes Roadside Waits for Drug Dogs, DEA Head to...
The DEA head is on her way out, the Supreme Court rules on making motorists wait for drug dogs to arrive, Indiana's governor extends an emergency needle exchange, a new report on asset forfeiture...
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Cops, cocaine, and corruption, from Florida to Texas to California to Michigan. And some crooked jail guards, too. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:leftt]In Punta Gorda, Florida, a Charlotte County...
View ArticleOregon Drug Fugitive Killed After SWAT Standoff
A Eugene man wanted for failure to appear on drug charges was shot and killed by Salem Police SWAT officers last Friday after repeatedly refusing to surrender. Mark Cecil Hawkins, 49, becomes the 21st...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
More jail guards get greedy, an Oklahoma deputy self-medicates with meth from the evidence room, and a San Jose cop gets popped with a storage locker of pot. Let's get to it.[image:1 align:left]In...
View ArticleCalifornia Game Warden Kills Armed Marijuana Grower
A California game warden shot and killed a suspected marijuana grower during a raid early this morning at a federal wildlife refuge near Elk Grove. The as-yet-unidentified man becomes the 22nd person...
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