Snitch Exposed in Charlie Lynch Case
Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 9:12pm
As if thepersecution prosecution of medical marijuana provider Charlie Lynch wasn't sufficiently sickening already, The New Times in San Luis Obispo has some stunning revelations about the involvement of a confidential informant who assisted police in the case.
Apparently, police employed a professional informant who obtained a doctor's recommendation and purchased marijuana at Lynch's dispensary. The guy is a world-class scumbag with a history of impersonating police officers and committing various crimes. His work in San Luis Obispo began when he personally approached police and offered to help generate drug arrests. Lynch's case was one of many, including another marijuana case in which one of the defendants ended up committing suicide.
While this guy probably wasn't a critical factor in making the Lynch case possible, his involvement adds another layer of moral depravity to the Lynch saga. Given that Charlie Lynch scrupulously followed state law, the only actual criminal involved in the case was the police informant!
As alarming and frequent as gratuitous drug war injustices are, they still somehow turn out to be even worse than we thought.
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Apparently, police employed a professional informant who obtained a doctor's recommendation and purchased marijuana at Lynch's dispensary. The guy is a world-class scumbag with a history of impersonating police officers and committing various crimes. His work in San Luis Obispo began when he personally approached police and offered to help generate drug arrests. Lynch's case was one of many, including another marijuana case in which one of the defendants ended up committing suicide.
While this guy probably wasn't a critical factor in making the Lynch case possible, his involvement adds another layer of moral depravity to the Lynch saga. Given that Charlie Lynch scrupulously followed state law, the only actual criminal involved in the case was the police informant!
As alarming and frequent as gratuitous drug war injustices are, they still somehow turn out to be even worse than we thought.
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Comment posted by mlang52 on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 12:54amThis doesn't sound like snitching! This guy was turning in people for a profit! I guess, he could have been trying to fight off prison time. He sounds more like a real low-life who just thought of a way to make money and have "gainful employment" because the cops knew of his ability to impersonate a patient!! Where do I get a job like that? I can't seem to find any honest work!
I want to see photos of this snitch widely circulated.
Comment posted by Phillip Smith on Fri, 07/10/2009 - 3:40pmCall it a form of community self-defense.
Photos and Circulation
Comment posted by SnitchWire on Sat, 07/11/2009 - 3:04pmHere at SnitchWire we run a blog concerning informants and government provocateurs. If you come across photos or information on this rat or any others, please don't hesitate to email us at snitchwire [at] gmail [dot] com. Visit our blog at snitchwire.blogspot.com, where this story has been added
Scumbag informant
Comment posted by van on Thu, 07/09/2009 - 10:29pmThere really needs to be better guide lines for the use of informants in drug cases. The cops don't care if the informant is worse than the people they bust as long as they make a case. Prosecutors and judges don't seem to care either. It's really kind of sick when you think about it.
Let's face it nobody likes a snitch !