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Paths Crossed: When drug raids go radically bad
The horrendous police shooting of Breonna Taylor reminded me of a case I once did some work on — a case which demonstrates how cops can miserably fuck up when they investigate illegal drug cases, especially when their warrants depend … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, Paths Crossed, The Facts of Life
Tagged Breonna Taylor, confidential informants, Drug Enforcement Agency, drug raids go bad, Environmental Protection Agency, qualified immunity, War on Drugs
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Further evidence that the DEA is a waste of our money and lays waste to our morals
From John Ross’s summary of court decisions in the Volokh Report: In a “reverse sting operation,” police encourage a target to participate in a fictitious crime and then arrest the target for conspiracy. DEA agents in the Southern District of … Continue reading
Posted in Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life
Tagged Drug Enforcement Agency, racism in DEA, reverse sting operations, Second Circuit appellate court
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Pot brownies, a verbally abused (napping?) cat and other stuff
From 538’s Significant Digits for today: 4 pot brownies An Omaha man ate four brownies that turned out to be pot brownies his kid left in the back of the car. According to a report in the Omaha World-Herald, the … Continue reading
Posted in The Facts of Life
Tagged criminal actions, criminalizing drugs, Drug Enforcement Agency, War on Drugs
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