MetaFilter posts tagged with drugs and police

A world in which knowledge is always a double edged sword

Electric Dragon — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 04:15:23 -0800

The Wire - David Simon's original pitch and series bible. "At the end of thirteen episodes, the viewer - who has been lured all this way by a well-constructed police show - is not the simple gratification of hearing handcuffs click. Instead the conclusion is something Euripides or O'Neill might recognize: an America at every level at war with itself." [Previously.] (via)

Police raid mayor's house, shoot dogs, recommend land war in Asia.

Optimus Chyme — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 18:11:03 -0800

A SWAT team in Maryland raids a city's mayor's house and kills his dogs. Oh, and the warrant was wrong.

"The phrase 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help' will become even more terrifying."

EarBucket — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 10:53:27 -0800

On December 18, 2004, Ascension Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend were stopped at a traffic light near La Pine Oregon, and when the light turned green, the car in front of them stalled. Alverez-Tejeda stopped in time but a pickup truck behind him rear-ended him. When he got out to look at his bumper, the police showed up and arrested the truck driver for drinking and driving. The cops then convinced Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend to go to a nearby parking lot, ordered them out of their car and into in the back of the cop car for 'processing.' While they were in the cruiser, a person jumped in their car and took off. The cops ordered the pair out and set off in full pursuit up the road.

But it was all a set up worthy of David Mamet. DEA agents were tracking a drug gang and. . .decided to stage something, perhaps even a carjacking, in order to seize the drugs without tipping off the conspirators. They never consulted a judge, but every person in the story, other than Alverez-Tejeda and his girlfriend, was a cop of some sort.

Harshin' My Mellow

aburd — Sat, 16 Sep 2006 12:09:51 -0800

Drugs at music festivals are nothing new. Sometimes this results in comically bad journalism and sometimes the results are not so funny. At the Wakarusa Music Festival this past year police used new, creepy tools pursue drug dealers on the Festival grounds in an attempt to seperate the drugs from the music.

Puppycide

homunculus — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 20:51:48 -0800

The Drug War Goes to the Dogs. SWAT teams (usually the young ones) seem to commit a lot of puppy cide. (Via The Agitator, who is also a MeFite.)

Police report

mediareport — Mon, 08 Aug 2005 23:34:00 -0800

Tawdry, tawdry stuff "Another prison guard smuggling dope, another cop caught tweaking, an airport security professional trying to get rich, a horny Florida deputy, and a Michigan police chief who sounds like a real decadent party animal." Lots of not-so-fun reading in Corrupt Cops Stories, a weekly feature in the Drug War Chronicle. The archive goes back a few years.

Drug War Desensitization

effugas — Mon, 02 Feb 2004 04:17:38 -0800

"A pint? That'll be three quid and a criminal investigation." From Fark. What's the line in the sand? Is there one?

fnord_prefect — Mon, 05 Aug 2002 12:55:00 -0800

Cops Abuse New Anti-Terror Law. The raid was perhaps the state's first known instance of law enforcement officers using new anti-terrorism police powers in a case unrelated to terrorism... Ahh, yes. The War On Drugs meets The War Against Terror.

donkeyschlong — Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:20:36 -0800

Man Who Taped Police Beating Arrested in L.A. Conveniently dug-up charges, a bizarre radio talkshow detour, what the heck is going on?

jonmc — Wed, 06 Feb 2002 10:18:34 -0800

Wow, talk about your bad luck. Or perhaps proof that heavy pot use(or hot-tubbing) can addle your thinking processes.

Spoon — Tue, 20 Nov 2001 08:25:26 -0800

weekend drug use ok? Interesting article... I hesistate to sign my neam this time though - i wouldn't want to put anyones nose out of joint.

davehat — Mon, 02 Jul 2001 22:16:37 -0800

Excuse me Officer, do you have a light? The topic of Lambeth (a London Borough) taking a softer stance on cannabis use was discussed on MeFi a few weeks ago, but now someone has actually tested it out. The respondants seemed pretty typical of the people in the area (Brixton), but it seems that the Police just completely ignored the reporter as she became increasingly bold in her attempts to get a rise out of them.

Perigee — Sat, 26 May 2001 09:09:14 -0800

Deputy Dawg Cracking cases with his service glock, crackhead Bucks County Barney Fife is the new face of law enforcement