Posted on 08/10/2019 6:05:34 AM PDT by Kaslin
A case out of South Carolina is highlighting the fact once again the drug-testing kits used by local police officers can be wildly inaccurate. On Thursday, drug charges were dropped against Shai Werts, Georgia Southern University's starting quarterback, after he and his attorneys battled against accusations from Saluda County police earlier this summer that a white substance found on the hood of his car was cocaine. It turns out, it was bird crap.
Werts was traveling after 9:00 pm in early July when police pulled him over speeding. Since it was late at night and on a dark country road, he phoned 911 to confirm they were indeed police officers.
"I’m not going to pull over in the dark where no one around can see," Wertz can be heard saying on the dashcam video. "You know what’s been going on in the world. No offense to you, but I just didn’t feel comfortable, officer."
Police then question him about what's on the hood of the car. From the moment he was pulled over earlier this summer, Werts insisted that the powdery looking object on the hood of his car was drugs, rather it was bird poop.
via Washington Post:
“That’s bird s—. I swear to God,” Werts, 21, told the officer, in an exchange caught on a dashcam. “Can I tell you something? That’s bird s—.”
The Saluda County Sheriff’s officer was incredulous. “It looks nothing like bird poop, man,” he said. “We know what bird poop looks like.”
An instant drug test said it was indeed cocaine, and Wertz was subsequently arrested.
"I have no reason to lie to you about cocaine," he said as he was being placed in handcuffs. "I play football, so I don’t do cocaine."
"That’s a lotta bird poop," the officer retorted.
But, after a further test was done on the "cocaine" authorities determined that Werts was telling the truth.
"I was informed that the test did come back and that there was no controlled substance found,” Al Eargle, a Saluda County prosecutor, told media Thursday.
Moron cop has a bird poop on his face. He should be fired or at least suspended.
The guy should receive some compensation....like $100,000.
None of this is NEWS, ALL Field Tests are Wrong 80% of the Time, Drug sniffing dogs are wrong most of the time too. There are many many double blind tests that have been done to demonstrate this. And since the POLICE KNOW about the Fallacy, I cut them NO SLACK and the Jack Booted Thugs belong in PRISON FOR LIFE for the FELONY KIDNAPPING AND EXTORTION.
“. I hope the Quarterback had a good laugh at the end...”
...as he’s depositing the check.
The first thing they should do is take away the officers gun.
I wish the police would do better.
Well, apparently not. What else are you so sure of that you literally don't know s**t about?
I hope the other other deputies in the department ensure that there are samples of real bird droppings deposited on the deputy's desk repeatedly. I'd run that one for months since they've embarrassed the entire department.
This should be reported by Babylon Bee.
With farce so close to reality these days.
A dog will alert to a ham sandwich.
I guess I had better stop parking under that tree then.
The dogs may make mistakes, but the handlers don't. I've heard that a lot of dogs are trained to "hit" on subtle cues from their handler. So if they want an excuse to give you a hard time, the dog will "hit" on you or your car and out comes the Vaseline & gloves, and your car gets taken apart while you are detained. Later it will be determined the dog made a mistake...
Their instant test needs further refinement.
Smart pups.
Next time he will. He’ll have a bag to “find”.
Actually Doves or Pigeons do not hang around trees.
I am sure that lots of junkies keep their cocaine on the hood of their car.
The quote about the grand jury was the inspiration for my comment.
There was a test done recently for 50 dogs, they brought them in to a room with NO DRUGS Anywhere, Every Last Dog Hit on something in the room because they didn’t want to FAIL the handler. All of this has been very well documented
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