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By: Friday Roundup « Prison Law Blog

Friday Roundup « Prison Law Blog — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 15:30:29 +0000

[...] From the annals of officer brutality: Two California sheriff’s deputies recently began serving prison sentences for beating an inmate to death; in Georgia, a former sheriff’s deputy will be sentenced later this year for obstructing a federal investigation of an inmate death. (h/t: The Agitator) [...]

By: KrisV

KrisV — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 17:53:38 +0000

Here’s another one… videotape anything and BAM! you’re under arrest.

http://www.ohio.com/news/82574547.html

By: Steve Verdon

Steve Verdon — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:47:49 +0000

Mt Dew is a known gateway drink. It may lead to Scotch and Soda.

PinandPuller you need to be tasered and beaten with branches for that! Soda with scotch? Maybe a spalsh of water but soda…next thing you’ll tell me is you put ice in you scotch and soda!

Release the hounds!!!!

[For those who have had their sense of humor excised I'm joking]

By: Charlie O

Charlie O — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:46:06 +0000

Re: the two guys in the Bronx. Great example of why you should NEVER, EVER consent to a vehicle search. The guy let the cops into his vehicle. Should have refused consent and went on his way. I’ve gone toe to toe on more than one occasion with cops over searching my vehicle. They don’t like it when you say no. Fuck ‘em all.

By: Andrew Williams

Andrew Williams — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 13:00:13 +0000

Hey Radley: Thanks for the followup on the OC story!!! The part where the judge refused to listen to the tape just floored me.

By: ru

ru — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 06:09:07 +0000

Re: coconut candy case – I agree with some other posters (such as Andrew S.) that it’s probably better that the cops *didn’t* field test the candy; if they *had* field-tested it, we’d probably have to wait a few years to discover that their “crack” was really just candy.

Re: Kern County – frankly (as a Bakersfield resident), I was shocked…SHOCKED!!!…that the deputies are actually serving time; honestly, I’m shocked that charges were ever filed.

By: Students for Sensible Drug Policy @ UH » 5 Days in Jail for Possession of… Candy

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 05:30:40 +0000

[...] the New York Post: Two Bronx men free after ‘drugs’ turn out to be candy via Drug WarRant via The Agitator Two Bronx men were locked up and left to rot in a filthy jail cell for nearly a week after a pair [...]

By: Dr X

Dr X — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 04:11:54 +0000

@16
“after a lengthy internal affairs investigation, the NYPD Chief will declare that the officers acted properly in their arrest of two men for felony coconut possession with intent to distribute.”

And the truck will only be returned to the owner if he can prove on a preponderance of the evidence that the truck is not subject to forfeiture.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:28:26 +0000

@14 At least they apologized. The only way you get a police officer to apologize in the USA is while they’re bent over the defendant’s table in a court of law. And even that’s no guarantee.

By: Frank

Frank — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:25:35 +0000

And of course, after a lengthy internal affairs investigation, the NYPD Chief will declare that the officers acted properly in their arrest of two men for felony coconut possession with intent to distribute.

By: Pinandpuller

Pinandpuller — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 02:14:38 +0000

Followup headline:

19 Year Old Pittsburg Man Buys Mom A New Home

Mt Dew is a known gateway drink. It may lead to Scotch and Soda.

By: Babatunde

Babatunde — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 01:53:44 +0000

Here’s another charming story out of Vancouver. Professionalism known no borders. Plainclothes cops handling a domestic violence call. What could ever go wrong?

http://www.vancouversun.com/news/initial+erroneous+Vancouver+police+statement/2474104/story.html

By: Andrew S.

Andrew S. — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:44:55 +0000

Regarding the drugs/candy story… considering what we know about drug field tests, does it really make a difference that the cops didn’t test it? Anyone who’s read this blog for a while knows it’s highly likely, if not definite, that the field test would’ve been positive for drugs.

By: KBCraig

KBCraig — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 23:54:36 +0000

Bradley Jardis, an active duty police officer who has bravely risked his career to speak up about the drug war, has been canned by Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

I have withdrawn my membership and support of LEAP.

http://freekeene.com/2010/01/24/the-heroic-brad-jardis-kicked-out-of-leap/

By: Marty

Marty — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:46:48 +0000

guards are slime. I’ve never seen a heroic guard story- not one that stands up to scrutiny. people in custody are at great risk- if they assert their rights, they’re likely to get a pounding for ‘insubordination’.
The medical staff and the guards are equally adept at covering their tracks. google ‘CMS prison death’ to see how universal this problem is in this country.

By: SJE

SJE — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:31:37 +0000

From Moscow, via Andrew Sullivan: “Russia’s cops: psychopaths or alcoholics”

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2010/01/russias-cops-psychopaths-or-alcoholics.html

By: MacK

MacK — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:07:34 +0000

This the sad part from the comments section on the coconut candy bust link.

“Just because they didn’t find drugs on these two this time doesn’t mean that they’re not guilty…”

So I guess that cops should just round people up, because we are all guilty of some crime. I personally would like for them to kick in this asses door, because he was guilty of something.

By: qwints

qwints — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:04:32 +0000

In the officer audio case, it was in a preliminary hearing not an actual trial or a pretrial hearing on the admissibility of the confession. The state’s burden is extremely low, so the judge’s actions aren’t as reprehensible as they might have been otherwise. All the state had to prove was probable cause to proceed with the case, not guilt or innocence right there.

By: SJE

SJE — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:31:56 +0000

Perhaps they were ex-TSA, confiscating liquids, or NYC food police, out to stop fattening foods.

By: Dave W.

Dave W. — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 19:29:36 +0000

btw, Jordan Miles says that the Mountain Dew was planted, and that he had none.