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Prohibition "postcards" online at pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/send-postcards/
Prohibition "postcards" online at pbs.org/kenburns/prohibition/send-postcards/

Chronicle Film Review: Prohibition

The new documentary "Prohibition," by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, aired this week on PBS. We thinks it's well worth watching, especially for drug reformers.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

An Oklahoma police chief gets caught with meth and weed, a New Mexico cop goes to prison for blowing up an FBI investigation, and a Colorado deputy is being looked at for some missing evidence money.
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Mexico Drug War Update

More cartel drug busts, more dead bodies, no apparent impact on the flow of drugs north and cash south.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A dirty Chicago cop goes to prison, a crooked small-town New York officer faces the same fate, a Florida cop facing trial for peddling meth has gone on the lam, and four suburban Chicago cops are being sued.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A drug-robbing Philly cop heads to prison; so does a Houston deputy who helped an Ecstasy dealer, but a lying Oklahoma cop will walk free, and a Texas prison is looking at prison for smuggling dope to prisoners.
The lure of drug prohibition's filthy lucre proves corrosive to honest law enforcement. (image via Wikimedia)
The lure of drug prohibition's filthy lucre proves corrosive to honest law enforcement. (image via Wikimedia)

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

One crooked sheriff gets indicted, while another cops a plea. Meanwhile, the border generates another three cases of corruption or thuggery.