Posted by BigSm00th:

i mean, the san diego state thing was good police work, if anything. those kids had 2 kilos of coke, 50 LBS OF pot!, all that ecstasy and other prescription meds, tens of thousands of bucks in cash, 3 handguns and a shotgun. that is INSANE!!!! plus during the investigation 2 ppl died of coke overdoses. all those kids are screwed

Posted by playa2:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/sdsu.bust/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- About 100 people, including students majoring in homeland security and criminal justice, were arrested Tuesday in an undercover drug sting at San Diego State University, officials said.


Officials say the evidence seized includes 50 pounds of marijuana, four pounds of cocaine and 350 ecstasy pills.

1 of 2 Among those arrested, 75 were students, one of them a criminal justice major charged with possession of guns and cocaine, authorities said. One student allegedly dealing cocaine was a month short of obtaining a master's degree in homeland security at the California school and worked under campus police as a student community service officer.



It's very easy to assume cops and crooks are apart of the drug dealing business.

The link below I wonder where they got the idea from? hmmmmm

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/police.impersonators.ap/index.html

Another case of cops gone wild :

Officer's trial will uncover rogue cops

Kathryn Johnson, 92, was fatally shot by police in November 2006



ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The attorney for a former police officer charged in a botched drug raid in which an elderly woman was shot to death described a renegade Atlanta narcotics unit that routinely planted drugs and lied to obtain search warrants.

Former officer Arthur Tesler's unit often took illegal shortcuts, ignored department policy and carried bags of drugs in their squad cars, defense attorney William McKenney said Monday in opening statements for Tesler's trial on charges of lying to help cover up misconduct in the raid.

Kathryn Johnston, 92, was killed November 26, 2006, shot 39 times as plainclothes narcotics officers busted into her home using a "no-knock" warrant. Johnston fired one shot from a pistol as police were breaking down her door, but she did not hit any of the officers.

Tesler's trial is likely the only one in the Johnston shooting because former officers Jason R. Smith and Gregg Junnier have already pleaded guilty to state manslaughter and federal civil rights charges. They are expected to testify against Tesler. Watch a report on the trial's first day »

A prosecutor argued Tesler was also responsible for Johnston's death because he knew his colleagues lied to obtain the warrant. Tesler is charged with violation of oath by a public officer, making false statements and false imprisonment under color of legal process.

"This case is about drugs, deceit, death and disgrace," Fulton County prosecutor Kellie S. Hill told the jury.

Hill began her statement by showing a photograph of a smiling Johnston while the recorded sound of 39 gunshots was played for jurors. Tesler didn't show any emotion while it was played.

On the day Johnston was killed, prosecutors said that Smith, Junnier and Tesler were told by a man they arrested earlier in the day that drugs were being sold out of Johnston's house. But they violated department policy by not using a confidential informant to verify the information, Hill said.

Instead, Smith lied to a magistrate to get the warrant, swearing that he had gotten the information from a department-approved confidential informant. The trio is accused of telling the same lie to the rest of the narcotics unit, which helped them bust through Johnston's door.

The officer's lawyer argued that Tesler was in the backyard of the home when the shooting happened. Tesler, a rookie in the narcotics unit, was pressured by his superiors to cover up their misdeeds, McKenney said.

"Arthur Tesler was manipulated, controlled and exploited by two senior officers," McKenney said.

After the shooting, Smith planted three bags of marijuana in the basement. Prosecutors said the trio met secretly five times to coordinate their story for federal investigators looking at the shooting.

The fatal shooting prompted wide criticism of the police department, a shake-up of the narcotics unit and a review of how officers obtain and use no-knock warrants, which are intended to keep drug suspects from having time to destroy evidence.
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Too much money to be made, everybody is in on the drug trade.

And to think people think the movie "TRAINING DAY" was just a movie !

Can't trust Police







[Edited by - playa2 on 07-05-2008 08:23]

Posted by BRIGGS:

Posted by playa2:

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/sdsu.bust/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- About 100 people, including students majoring in homeland security and criminal justice, were arrested Tuesday in an undercover drug sting at San Diego State University, officials said.


Officials say the evidence seized includes 50 pounds of marijuana, four pounds of cocaine and 350 ecstasy pills.

1 of 2 Among those arrested, 75 were students, one of them a criminal justice major charged with possession of guns and cocaine, authorities said. One student allegedly dealing cocaine was a month short of obtaining a master's degree in homeland security at the California school and worked under campus police as a student community service officer.



It's very easy to assume cops and crooks are apart of the drug dealing business.

The link below I wonder where they got the idea from? hmmmmm

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/05/06/police.impersonators.ap/index.html

Another case of cops gone wild :

Officer's trial will uncover rogue cops

Kathryn Johnson, 92, was fatally shot by police in November 2006



ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The attorney for a former police officer charged in a botched drug raid in which an elderly woman was shot to death described a renegade Atlanta narcotics unit that routinely planted drugs and lied to obtain search warrants.

Former officer Arthur Tesler's unit often took illegal shortcuts, ignored department policy and carried bags of drugs in their squad cars, defense attorney William McKenney said Monday in opening statements for Tesler's trial on charges of lying to help cover up misconduct in the raid.

Kathryn Johnston, 92, was killed November 26, 2006, shot 39 times as plainclothes narcotics officers busted into her home using a "no-knock" warrant. Johnston fired one shot from a pistol as police were breaking down her door, but she did not hit any of the officers.

Tesler's trial is likely the only one in the Johnston shooting because former officers Jason R. Smith and Gregg Junnier have already pleaded guilty to state manslaughter and federal civil rights charges. They are expected to testify against Tesler. Watch a report on the trial's first day »

A prosecutor argued Tesler was also responsible for Johnston's death because he knew his colleagues lied to obtain the warrant. Tesler is charged with violation of oath by a public officer, making false statements and false imprisonment under color of legal process.

"This case is about drugs, deceit, death and disgrace," Fulton County prosecutor Kellie S. Hill told the jury.

Hill began her statement by showing a photograph of a smiling Johnston while the recorded sound of 39 gunshots was played for jurors. Tesler didn't show any emotion while it was played.

On the day Johnston was killed, prosecutors said that Smith, Junnier and Tesler were told by a man they arrested earlier in the day that drugs were being sold out of Johnston's house. But they violated department policy by not using a confidential informant to verify the information, Hill said.

Instead, Smith lied to a magistrate to get the warrant, swearing that he had gotten the information from a department-approved confidential informant. The trio is accused of telling the same lie to the rest of the narcotics unit, which helped them bust through Johnston's door.

The officer's lawyer argued that Tesler was in the backyard of the home when the shooting happened. Tesler, a rookie in the narcotics unit, was pressured by his superiors to cover up their misdeeds, McKenney said.

"Arthur Tesler was manipulated, controlled and exploited by two senior officers," McKenney said.

After the shooting, Smith planted three bags of marijuana in the basement. Prosecutors said the trio met secretly five times to coordinate their story for federal investigators looking at the shooting.

The fatal shooting prompted wide criticism of the police department, a shake-up of the narcotics unit and a review of how officers obtain and use no-knock warrants, which are intended to keep drug suspects from having time to destroy evidence.
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Too much money to be made, everybody is in on the drug trade.

And to think people think the movie "TRAINING DAY" was just a movie !

Can't trust Police







[Edited by - playa2 on 07-05-2008 08:23]

They have to be very brutal with the sentencing here to show a serious message. No leniency here--this is nothing but organized crime and should be treated as such. I feel bad for today's college students who have to pay rediculous sums of money to get an education but selling drugs to pay for tuiton is not the pathway of an answer. Instead of jail--they should make people caught with possession join the military for their sentencing. 2-4 years mandatory in the military might change some minds.

Posted by izybx:

Posted by playa2:

Posted by BigSm00th:

haha maybe playa but i highly doubt it given that they were sending mass text messages out re: coke sales and given that 75 ppl were implicated in a sting! they got caught, they're going to jail for a long-ass time given minimum sentences and the amount of **** they had.

this is from LA times:
A criminal justice major was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine. As he was being arrested, he asked officers if this would hurt his chances for a law enforcement career, officials said.

that kid i don't think was a major player, doesn't sound like it at least.

Major player ? Of course that kid isn't a major player.

But tell me why law enforcement didn't go after the "Main Suppliers" ?

Yea I know they are too smart

Um, anybody with 2 kilos of coke (2000 grams uncut = approx 2500 grams cut. 2500 grams * 50$ per gram = $125,000 street value) along with 7k worth of X is hardly a low level dealer. This a mid level dealer, and a great bust. Im sure that these guys will lead to bigger and better collars.

Posted by izybx:

Posted by playa2:

Naw man, i have just heard of too many cases where LEA personnel rob drug dealers and pocket the money themselves.

When I saw the movie training day , I saw an example on how it's done.

I was in Miami and that is a common thing.

LEA who live luxurious lifestyles(big homes etc..)

He izybx no one is accusing you of anywrong doing, but don't sit here and try to tell me it's hard for people to trust police.

Wearing the badge gives them the right to try and get away with anything criminal and then they cover themselves and say it's our word against yours; like the sean bell case.

As for the rogue cops in ATL, planting drugs, man that goes on alot all over the country on a regular basis, especially when they really want somebody.

Come on man you have to admit this kind of behavior for people vowed to uphold the law to serve and protect is getting out of hand.

My point is one of the dealers wwas ready to recieve his masters degree in homeland security. INSANE!

Im hearing anectodal evidence and movie references. No hard evidence of a systemic problem. There are millions of LEO in this country, and there are a few bad apples yes. But there is no systemic problem.

Police Corruption
Similar to US alcohol prohibition of the 1920’s, current drug prohibition legislation breeds police corruption and abuse. A 1998 report by the General Accounting Office notes that on-duty police officers involved in drug-related corruption engage in serious criminal activities such as (1) conducting unconstitutional searches and seizures; (2) stealing money and/or drugs from drug dealers; (3) selling stolen drugs; (4) protecting drug operations; (5) providing false testimony; and (6) submitting false crime reports. Approximately half of all police officers convicted as a result of FBI-led corruption cases between 1993 and 1997 were convicted for drug-related offenses and nationwide over 100 cases of drug-related corruption are prosecuted each year. Every one of the federal law enforcement agencies with significant drug enforcement responsibilities has seen an agent implicated.

It isn't hard to explain the growth of corruption. Relative to other opportunities, legitimate or illegitimate, the financial temptations are enormous. Many police officers are demoralized by the scope of drug trafficking. No matter how diligent an officer may be eradication programs and millions of arrests have done little to stop drugs which are now cheaper, purer, and more available than ever. Given the dangers of their job, the indifference of many citizens and the frequent lack of appreciation are no doubt disheartening. Some police also recognize that their real function is not so much to protect victims from predators but to regulate an illicit market that can't be suppressed and that much of society prefers to keep underground.

One of America’s worst cases of drug-related police corruption occurred in California after an officer caught stealing eight pounds of cocaine from a police department's evidence locker turned on his fellow officers to get a reduced sentence. Known as the ‘Rampart’ Scandal, over a hundred convictions were overturned as police misconduct, ranging from the planting of evidence to “confessions” obtained through beatings was uncovered. Officers were indicted on corruption charges, including torture, murder, drug dealing, and framing innocent people. The unit's criminal behavior became known as the ‘Rampart Way,’ a term referring to a predominately poor, immigrant neighborhood in East Los Angeles patrolled - and during that time controlled -by the officers.

Indeed, the misfortune of corruption falls disproportionately on communities of color. In July of 1999 the small town of Tulia, Texas, saw 43 residents arrested in early-morning drug raids. Forty of those arrested were black - making up over ten percent of the town's African-American population. The few whites arrested were in relationships with blacks. The only evidence against them was the testimony of one white undercover officer, who worked alone, and had no audiotapes, video surveillance or eyewitnesses. Despite this, many of the accused ended up with harsh sentences ranging from 25 years to life. The officer’s credibility was brought into question when the employee of one defendant produced time cards revealing that the man was at work at the time of the alleged drug transaction. More recently, it was discovered that the undercover officer had quit his last law-enforcement job and fled town to avoid theft charges yet, only two of the convictions have been cleared.

Police Corruption in Kings County (Seattle), Washington state

A group of public defender organizations in Kings County (Seattle), Washington is pursuing an innovative litigation strategy with race and drug felony issues in the case Washington v. Varner. The offices are consolidating drug cases into a class action suit claiming that the Seattle Police Department employs racist practices in targeting certain communities for drug related offenses. Using statistical evidence compiled by graduate students at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government, the attorneys argue that the Seattle Police Department's choices in where to enforce narcotics offenses are racist in intent and consequences. The overwhelming majority of those arrested and prosecuted are African-American and Latino, despite evidence that Caucasians use and sell drugs at equivalent rates. Counsel has filed a request for discovery to gain access to additional Police Department records to substantiate their claim.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2008/04/boston_police_o_9.html


Former Boston Police officer caught on camera^ taking 265k from drug dealer. There are so many cases man .


[Edited by - playa2 on 07-05-2008 21:31]