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Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

The city of New Orleans has offered an $85,000 settlement with three men wrongly arrested and jailed after a 2002 drug raid.  When the three police detectives who conducted the raid were later implicated in various other crimes, investigators discovered that the detectives had also planted the drugs they say they found in the raid.

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This entry was posted on Tuesday, October 21st, 2008 at 11:03 am by Radley Balko and is filed under General Drug War, Police Militarization. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

4 Responses to “And Another One”

  1. #1 |  Cynical In CA |  October 21st, 2008 at 11:38 am

    SOP in NOLA.

    And just about everywhere else in the USA.

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  2. #2 |  Ganja Blue |  October 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pm

    Louisiana has some of the toughest drug laws in the nation, esp marijuana prohibition. Meanwhile, NOPD remains one of the most corrupt law enforcement organizations in the US. The combination is a recipe for disaster.

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  3. #3 |  Michael Chaney |  October 21st, 2008 at 1:02 pm

    By my count, one of four cops involved actually was indicted for something unrelated (id theft), but none faced any charges for this crap. Even after the internal investigation found this out.

    Amazing. If you’re going to live a life of crime, just pick up a badge first and become immune to prosecution.

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  4. #4 |  Brandon Bowers |  October 21st, 2008 at 1:34 pm

    The bill for the war on drugs keeps getting bigger.

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