This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
A Houston cop admits to tweaking, a Pennsylvania jail supervisor gets in trouble after dropping a packet of heroin on the floor, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Houston, a Houston...
View ArticleNot One Step Back: Drug Policy Reformers and African American Academics...
This article was published in collaboration with Alternet and first appeared here. Hundreds of members of the Atlanta community and dozens of the nation's leading advocates for drug policy reform...
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It's jail guards gone wild this week! Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Goose Creek, South Carolina, a Goose Creek jail guard was sentenced Tuesday to eight months in federal prison for smuggling...
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There's trouble in Hackensack, a pair of California cops admit stealing eradicated weed and reselling it, a Seattle cop gets nailed for hauling weed across the country, a Texas cop gets nailed for...
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California sheriff's deputies are having a hard time resisting temptation, a guard at Louisiana's Angola prison gets caught with a smorgasbord of drugs, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In...
View ArticleChronicle AM: Drug Policy Failures Fueling Hep C Rise, MI Pot Init Begins...
The CDC issues a damning report about drug policy and Hep C, the clock is ticking on the Vermont legalization bill as the governor ponders his choices, Michigan legalizars hit the streets with...
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The former Fresno deputy police chief is headed for federal prison, a former North Carolina cop is headed there, too, for running armed escorts for supposed traffickers, and more. Let's get to...
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A Connecticut top narc gets nailed for stealing dope, an NYPD officer get nailed for peddling dope, a Hawaii cop gets a wrist-slap for "promoting" dope, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1...
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A North Dakota sheriff was letting meth suborn him, a Florida sheriff's deputy was tweaked on steroids, and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Fessenden, North Dakota, the former Wells...
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It's pretty quiet on the corrupt cop front week, except for one drug-gobbling Tennessee cop and Burritogate in Tulsa. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Ripley, Tennessee, a former Ripley police...
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It's a New York-New Jersey special edition! The Troy Police drug unit is under investigation, an NYPD officer gets popped for transporting drugs for money, a New Jersey cop gets caught with his hand in...
View ArticleCustoms Seizes Childproof Marijuana Lock Boxes, Calls Them "Drug...
In a prime illustration of the perversities of the war on drugs, US Customs has seized a shipment of a thousand lock boxes aimed at allowing marijuana, tobacco, and pharmaceutical users to keep their...
View ArticleWatch: Minnesota Drug Task Force Cop Assaults Motorist
Worthington, Minnesota, resident Anthony Promvongsa, 21, had a run-in with an angry motorist as he drove through the streets of town last July 28. Promvongsa went on his way, but that agitated motorist...
View ArticleMarijuana Legalization Dramatically Cuts Traffic Stop Searches
In states where marijuana has been legalized, traffic stops resulting in searches by state police are down dramatically, according to a new analysis from the Marshall Project and the Center for...
View ArticleHow Reefer Madness Helped Kill Philando Castile
The Minnesota cop who was acquitted last week of killing Philando Castile used the fact that he smelled marijuana in the car as part of his defense. Whether Officer Jeronimo Yanez really believed...
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Deputies disgrace themselves and more. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Clovis, New Mexico, a now former Curry County sheriff's deputy was arrested last Friday for allegedly stealing...
View ArticleChronicle AM: SD Sued Over Forced Catheterization of Toddler for Drug Test,...
The ACLU sues South Dakota over the forced drug testing of a toddler, Detroit residents again sue the dope squad for killing dogs in pot raids, Pennsylvania's governor signs an asset forfeiture reform...
View Article"Shocks the Conscience": South Dakota Forcibly Catheterizes Three-Year Old in...
The state of South Dakota is practicing a form of drug war excess tantamount to torture, according to a pair of federal lawsuits filed by the ACLU on June 28. One suit charges that law enforcement and...
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More jail and prison guards gone bad, plus a Border Patrol agent gets nailed in a tricky trafficking scheme. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Greenville, South Carolina, a Greenville County...
View ArticleChronicle AM: MI Init Signatures Coming Fast, OR Decriminalizes Drug...
Michigan legalizers are fast off the mark in their initiative signature-gathering campaign, the Drug Policy Alliance and 30 groups call for drug decriminalization, Oregon is set to defelonize drug...
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