Drug War Issues
Slim pickings on the corrupt cop front this week, but we still have a Los Angeles probation officer rounded up in a major bust and a small town Pennsylvania cop about to pay for his big ambitions. Let's get to it:
In Los Angeles, an LA County probation officer was arrested over the weekend in a major federal drug bust that netted a dozen people in the San Gabriel and Pomona valleys. Probation Officer Crystal Dillard was arrested along with her boyfriend, Jerron Johns, whom authorities identified as a member of the Crips. She is accused of participating in multiple crack cocaine sales. Dillard and Johns appeared in a 17-count indictment accusing 23 defendants of participating in a ring that sold marijuana, cocaine, and crack cocaine. Dillard is accused of making drug drops at various locations where Johns would pick them up and deliver them to a person who turned out to be a confidential informant. Dillard and Johns are now in federal custody.
In Pittsburgh, a former South Fayette Township patrolman awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to conspiring to distribute cocaine. Bernard Golling and his friend Michael Monz were arrested in July upon receiving nine pounds of cocaine in a Fedex shipment. Monz was sentenced last Friday to 57 months in federal prison. Golling will be sentenced May 23. He faces more time than Monz because he was in uniform when he picked up the package and thus carried a gun during the commission of a drug offense.
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bad law officers
tipical
In reply to bad law officers by Anonymous (not verified)
bad cops
The guy picking it up the package of cocaine, in uniform, how stupid. I mean that was really stupid! Weird! Didn't he stop to think. I might get caught, or did he just think it was ok because he was a cop?
In reply to bad cops by Anonymous (not verified)
bad cops
Yes....He didn't stop to think about repurcussions cos why? He
has a badge and a gun that speaks out loudly n proudly...I think we all would b truly amazed at the actual number of bad cops we do have.
In reply to bad law officers by Anonymous (not verified)
It's spelled "typical"
It's spelled "typical"
bad boys
They're people too right? they're shithead hypocrits really and I for one don't trust any of them,even the supposed good ones,sorry!!
Dirty Cops
Those cops all have a price and when it's worth it they jump. It" just like during the first prohibition, they see more cop's doing the same thing and I'm sure some even brag about it, to cop's they "trust". IT's the nature of the beast everybody else is diong it, now's my chance . The drug war promotes crime on all fronts. What a waste, just look at the cost.
Dirty or Bad Cops
I feel horrible that people distrust and hate law enforcement due to the ignorance and lack of professionalism some exhibit. As an Officer and someone that is truly a "Good" one... I don't agree that we all have our "PRICE". Some of us believe in Morals, Values, and most IMPORTANTLY "GOD".
The actions of those that took advantage of their positions does not reflect the majority of the Officers in this nation that risk thier lives everyday for complete strangers.
I'm even more disgusted than you can ever be, becuase I wear the badge and fight for the rights of others so that you can distrust and dislike US at the doings of so few. They DO NOT represent what WE stand for.
In reply to Dirty or Bad Cops by Anonymous (not verified)
house cleaning time?
Sounds to me like there needs to be some house cleaning done! The public sees it as too many bad cops for the good ones to over-rule!
the heat
Now, that the elections are warming up we will probably see less corrupt cops, but don't worry they will be back !
DIRTY COPS
TO RESPOND TO THE COP , I BELONG TO A MOTORCYCLE CLUB . HOW DOES IT FEEL ASSHOLE TO HAVE ONE PERSON DO SOMETHING FOR THERE OWN GAIN AND THEN ALL OF YOU ARE GUILTY OF THE SAME CHARGE. I WISH MORE OF YOU THAT COMMIT CRIMES WOULD GET THE SAME TIME AND GO TO THE SAME PRISONS AS EVERY OTHER CITIZEN OF THIS GREAT NATION . AND KEEP GOD OUT OF THIS , IF YOU ARE OVER 15 YEARS OLD THEN YOU SHOULD KNOW WHATS UP. FOR 9 POUNDS OF COKE THE AVERAGE PERSON WOULD BE LOOKING AT 20 YEARS, SPECIAL TREATMENT AGAIN. GO TO www.bikernews.net AND LOOK AT THE COPS GONE BAD , ALOT OF SEX WITH UNDER AGE GIRLS (WHAT SCUM ALOT OF THESE COPS ARE) THEY ARE THE BIGGEST GANG PROBLEM WE HAVE .
immunity to the law
well it seems to me that it isnt just the cops that are getting away with crimes. any famous person who gets in trouble with the law gets nothing either. look at what lindsay lohan got .... nothing. any normal person in her situation would have been locked away for a long time but she just got a slap on the wrist. i think everyone should get equal treatment for breaking the law no matter if you are an average joe, a cop, or a singer, or actor. i think that when it comes to the justice system equality gets thrown out the window. it seams like the average joe and the minorities get the shitty end of the stick.
to the DEA
grow up and leave cannabis alone it is at the bottom of the drug pyramid. if you would legalize weed you could gain alot. like more room in jails for real criminals and drug pushers. crack, coke, heroin, meth are drugs. cannabis is a herb. what are you going to ban next alcohol because it has worse effects on the body and brain then weed does. people get drunk and get violent i have never seen or even heard of a person getting violent on weed.
the drug war makes things worse
it seems to me that the countrys that are the hardest on drugs have the worse drug problem. the USA has this big ongoing drug war and the drugs are a big problem their. canada is more lienient on the drug issue mostly cannabis and our drug problem isnt that bad.
Austin Homicide will stop at nothing to get vengence on the inno
It finally came out in court when my son was taken for bail hearing. They are trying to retry him for a case where the charges were dismissed because there was NO EVIDENCE to connect him to the crime.Austin detective swore he will get my some anyway he can and this is the route. APD has been tagging my son ever since his release. The "traffic stop" in a city he was in was APD's way to arrest him while two other defendants go to court to get their charges dismissed. It was all a setup. They have trumped up at least (5) charges of felony assault on a public servant, and a felony evading arrest. The scenario was as follows.
Original traffic stop was for a stolen vehicle.. That was later changed to "speeding"
After verifying who my son was, and while he was still fastened in his seatbelt, the officer began slugging him in the face and drew his gun while claiming to have an outstanding warrant. My son didn't want to fight back so he took off. He went to his sister's house and was there for several days with no contact from the police. Then, on a late Thursday night, they bombarded his sister's house and entered, "without a warrant" and proceeded to "search" for him while guns with lasers were trained on mhis sister, her 3 year old grandson, and everyone else in the house.. They "found" him in a small bedroom, (over 20 cops were in the bedroom and 20 or 25 or more in the living room as well as the 20 or 30 outside the house. They destroyed the house, the fencing around it and the landscape. They started to handcuff my son and then shot him with a tazer. My son instinctively started reaching for the darts to pull them out and they shot him again. (He was shot over 8 times with 3 tazer guns) This is what they are calling the assault. After my son WAS HANDCUFFED AND ON THE GROUND WITH A COPS' KNEE IN HIS BACK one of the detectives, (from the previous case), came into the room and kicked hiim several times in the face. Then they pulled his head up by the hair, got into my son's face and said, "remember my face" They also injured his leg and arm. When they started walking him out of the room he hit him again.His shirt and shoes were not on him when he came out and the EMT attendant couldn't believe all the tazer wounds and around his face. They tore his earring out of his ear and he was bleeding from the wounds. When they booked him, they wouldn't allow the admitting nurse to see him because he was in such bad shape. They waited 30 days before they allowed him to see the nurse for a checkup.They have offered him 30 years if he will confess to the assaults. He said he did not assault anyone so he told them to go to hell. My son said if we could see the tape, we would see that he did not assault anyone in the town he was in or in Austin
I know this was all done to get him to plea and eventually get convicted to the previous case because the detectives cannot bear to admit they were wrong and he is innocent. He is innocent in both cases as is the other defendants and he refuses to let corrupt cops get away with this.
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