This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
Something is still rotten along Utah's Wasatch Front, a DC cop gets popped for money-laundering, a Detroit-area cop pleads to running protection for traffickers, and a South Texas cop heads for prison...
View ArticleEast Bay Cops Shoot, Kill Fleeing Drug Suspect
An Antioch, California man under surveillance for a drug warrant was shot and killed by police as he fled after the vehicle in which he was a passenger struck a police vehicle. Charles Burns, 21,...
View ArticleNYC Marijuana Arrests Declining, But Still Sky High
Thanks to aggressive policing strategies, New York City has for more than a decade been the world's leader in marijuana possession arrests, but now those numbers are starting to go down.[image:1...
View ArticleThis Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
If it weren't for crooked cops in the Land of Lincoln, this space would be blank this week. Instead, we have an Illinois corrupt cops twofer. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Caseyville,...
View ArticleCA Police Chase of Pot Car Ends in Fatal Crash
A Nevada man died Monday afternoon after his marijuana-laden car crashed during a high speed police pursuit on Interstate 80 in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The as yet unnamed man becomes the 13th...
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New York City seems indifferent to the costs imposed on it by rogue narcs, a Florida deputy gets popped for growing weed, a US Virgin Islands environmental cop gets popped for cocaine trafficking, and...
View ArticleSpending Cuts Hurting Cocaine Interdiction, Admiral Says
Spending cuts imposed by sequestration are devastating efforts to block the flow of cocaine into the US, the director of the Joint Interagency Task Force told the Defense Writers Group in Washington...
View ArticleFt. Worth Man Tased to Death in Fruitless Drug Raid
A Forth Worth, Texas, man died after being subjected to electric shocks by police executing a drug search warrant earlier this month. Jarmaine Darden, 34, becomes the 14th person to die in US domestic...
View ArticleBlacks Targeted in Wasteful War on Marijuana, ACLU Finds
Black Americans are nearly four times more likely to get busted for marijuana possession than white ones, even though both groups smoke pot at roughly comparable rates, the ACLU said in a report...
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It's judges gone wild! Plus sticky-fingered narcs, lying narcs, crooked deputies, and more! Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Philadelphia, a Philadelphia police officer was arrested May 23 for...
View ArticleMedical Marijuana Update
The medical marijuana scene is hectic! Bill passing, raids happening, local officials pondering, and California dispensaries dwindling. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]CaliforniaOn May 21, the...
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Sex, Lies, and a Georgia Drug Frame-up [FEATURE]
Special to Drug War Chronicle by investigate journalist Clarence Walker, cwalkerinvestigate@gmail.com. Part four of an ongoing investigative series, "Prosecutorial Misconduct and Police Corruption in...
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A pill-popping Florida cop goes to jail, a coke-slinging New York TSA agent gets busted, and a North Carolina narc gets fired. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:left]In Wilmington, North Carolina, a New...
View ArticleJudge's Handyman Cops Plea in Georgia Sex, Drugs, Frame-Up [FEATURE]
Earlier this week, investigative journalist Clarence Walker published a Chronicle feature article, "Sex, Lies, and a Georgia Drug Frame-up," about now former Murray County Chief Magistrate Judge Bryant...
View ArticleChicago Police Kill Fleeing Man in "Drug Area"
Chicago police shot and killed a man early Sunday morning on the city's West Side as he fled after they tried to pull over his car in "an area known for drug activity." Antwoyn Johnson, 21, becomes the...
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Two of our three cases this week involve cops protecting their steroids dealers. Go figger. The other one is a crooked police chief who bragged, "I'm the best cop money can buy." Let's get to...
View ArticleNYC Drug Suspect Dies in Struggle with Bronx Cops
A New York City man apparently choked to death on a bag of cocaine as he struggled with police officers Wednesday night. Jose Muniz, 52, becomes the 16th person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleOne Dead After Charlotte Police Stage Drug Sting on Elementary School Grounds
An undercover drug sting in the parking lot of a Charlotte, North Carolina, elementary school ended up with one person killed and one person wounded, and a community wondering why police chose that...
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A Wisconsin cop and a Washington cop face justice for their pervy behavior, and a New Mexico jail guard and a Georgia cop get in trouble over marijuana. Let's get to it:[image:1 align:right]In Macon,...
View ArticleSWAT Team Kills Armed Homeowner in Dawn Drug Raid
An armed West Virginia homeowner who confronted dawn police raiders with a rifle was shot and killed by State Police officers Wednesday. Richard Dale Kohler, 66, becomes the 18th person to die in US...
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