4 Shady Ways Police Bust People For Drugs

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http://www.alternet.org/drugs/4-shady-ways-police-bust-people-drugs

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1. Fake Checkpoints

The Supreme Court ruled in 2000 that establishing traffic checkpoints to search for illegal drugs violates the 4th Amendment. Nonetheless, police in the Cleveland, Ohio suburb of Mayfield Heights erected big yellow signs on the Interstate, warning drivers that a drug checkpoint ahead would include drug-sniffing dogs.

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2. Teaching Cops Legal Loopholes

Meanwhile, in California, the CA Narcotics Officers’ Association (CNOA) recently hosted a class (closed to the public) teaching officers how to undermine California’s voter-approved, decade-old medical marijuana program. That’s because, despite research to the contrary and the will of the voters, “There is no justification for using marijuana as a medicine,” CNOA claims.

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3. Body Cavity Searches

Cops looking for drugs are sometimes so desperate for a bust they will search not just people's pockets or cars, but inside their bodies.

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4. 21 Jump St For Real

In December, the Riverside County Police Department sent undercover cops into high schools where they befriended students (many of them struggling socially) and then asked them to buy weed. One special-needs student, for whom parents Catherine and Douglas Snodgrass have requested anonymity, was targeted by a police officer who “hounded” him for marijuana until he finally agreed to buy it for his new friend.

[marmar]

1. k/r

[byeya]

2. A variant of #4 landed Neal Cassady in jail years ago.

[bemildred]

3. Yep, not enough crime? Well, invent some, make some happen yourself. nt

[xchrom]

4. +1

[panader0]

5. A buddy of mine got busted last week for weed based on an anonymous tip.

Can the defendant ever learn who the tipster is?

[WaitWut]

6. I bet it was the Snodgrass kid...

"One special-needs student, for whom parents Catherine and Douglas Snodgrass have requested anonymity."

Nice.