When Cops Play Nintendo
Posted in Chronicle Blog by Scott Morgan on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 9:37pm
A 9-hour drug raid in Lakeland, FL might not have taken as long if the raiding officers hadn’t spent an hour playing Wii in the suspect's home. Little did they know, there was a hidden camera running the whole time:
I suppose this is pretty amateur stuff when it comes to police misconduct in the war on drugs, but there's still no excuse for it. Too often, we hear police defending the drug war as some sort of grand noble crusade for the salvation of our society. Apparently, for some of these guys, it's more of a personal playground than an epic battle to save our civilization.
A 9-hour drug raid in Lakeland, FL might not have taken as long if the raiding officers hadn’t spent an hour playing Wii in the suspect's home. Little did they know, there was a hidden camera running the whole time:
I suppose this is pretty amateur stuff when it comes to police misconduct in the war on drugs, but there's still no excuse for it. Too often, we hear police defending the drug war as some sort of grand noble crusade for the salvation of our society. Apparently, for some of these guys, it's more of a personal playground than an epic battle to save our civilization.
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redditMan these guys/gals suck!!!
Comment posted by Anonymous on Wed, 09/23/2009 - 5:43pmMarijuana = Job Security.
Job Security = Wasting Tax Payers Dollars
Wasting Tax Payers Dollars = Not Just Taking Down The Plant Called Cannabis...
Playing Some Wii For Free!!!
Wow.
Comment posted by SC on Tue, 09/29/2009 - 1:49pm.......and we paid for that little break. Nice.
minor stuff, but nothing minor about the arrogance behind it
Comment posted by newageblues on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 10:32pmArrogance that kills in other situations.
It's a crusade all right, a crusade to preserve the undeserved status of alcohol as the only acceptable recreational drug and of alcohol users as the lords and masters of their fellow citizens with other preferences.