Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
Many of our readers know about the tragic case of Rachel Hoffman, a 23-year-old in Tallahassee, Florida, who was killed by drug dealers after police coerced her into acting as an informant without having access to an attorney. Drug War Chronicle is currently looking for cases, reported or unreported, in which police appear to have committed misconduct or made serious misjudgments in their treatment of informants.
If you can help us find such cases, please email David Borden at borden@drcnet.org. We will keep your name and personal information confidential unless you tell us otherwise. If you are uncomfortable sending this information by email, feel free to contact us by phone instead; our office number is (202) 293-8340, and you can speak or leave a message with David Borden or David Guard. Thank you in advance for your help.
Further information on the informant issue, including the Rachel Hoffman case, can be found in our category archive here.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Thu, 07/31/2008 - 2:57pmObviously somebody gives a shit.? Usually people such as yourself cry the loudest about snitching, Nine times out of Ten it is you who turn out to be the snitches. Especially, when we get ready to drop a dime on your ass? You sit there crying and crying about how its not yours, or I don't know whos' it is. (while I find it in your pocket?) and when I ask you to work with me. You fess up like the bitch-ass you appear to be?
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David Borden does good work.
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Comment posted by Anonymous on Fri, 07/25/2008 - 6:40pmThis has to be a joke right? You pretend to be an advocate for justice but have the audacity to give a damn about the low life informants who destroy others lives. The informant is a paid to play criminal, who lies and falsifies stories and his roles to gain freedom and money from the government at the expense of others. So one got their feelings hurt huh? Who gives a shit!