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Student mistakenly held on drug charge settles with Phila.
The Philadelphia inquirer ^ | Jan. 04, 2007 | John Shiffman

Posted on 01/04/2007 4:58:32 AM PST by grjr21

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1 posted on 01/04/2007 4:58:34 AM PST by grjr21
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she did not know at the time that drug dealers often carry drugs in condoms. "I was naive, really stupid," she said.

Well Miss Lee at least there is one thing you've learned in college
2 posted on 01/04/2007 4:59:11 AM PST by grjr21
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"... Lee, a comparative literature major, said she planned to use the settlement money to pay for graduate school, though she has not determined what kind of graduate work she will pursue."

And what kind of career will she pursue? Teaching others comparative literature???

Oh well. I won't have to worry about interviewing/hiring her.


3 posted on 01/04/2007 5:03:00 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitor)
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The police should have been able to determine what it was in far less time than 3 weeks.

And where were her parents? Why wasn't she out on bail the next day?


4 posted on 01/04/2007 5:03:28 AM PST by DB
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Lee had filled the condoms with flour to make a phallic toy that freshmen squeezed to reduce stress.

Youth is SO wasted on the young.
5 posted on 01/04/2007 5:04:12 AM PST by Thrownatbirth (.....when the sidewalks are safe for the little guy.)
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there is one thing you've learned in college

Yep, she learned that the Drug Warriors are tyrants who have the power to ingnore the Constitution and jail someone who broke no laws.

6 posted on 01/04/2007 5:05:22 AM PST by Squawk 8888 (Pluto's been marginalized! Call the ACLU!)
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$500K bond... maybe her folks didn't have $50K to put down to get her out with a bondsman... Just a guess.


7 posted on 01/04/2007 5:06:20 AM PST by TheBattman (I've got TWO QUESTIONS for you....)
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Her parents lived in California while she went to College in the Phila region , if IIRC it took them a couple of days to get out to her and were never able to come up with the half million dollar bail.
8 posted on 01/04/2007 5:08:34 AM PST by grjr21
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Generally they only needed 10% of the bail.

3 weeks is quite awhile...


9 posted on 01/04/2007 5:12:05 AM PST by DB
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"As part of an EXAM RITUAl in her dorm, Lee had filled a condom with flour to make a phallic toy that freshmen squeezed to reduce stress."

She should go on to study for a degree in culinary arts. Maybe Emeril will hire her to massage a flour-filled condom on his show to add a little spice to it.

Leni

10 posted on 01/04/2007 5:13:38 AM PST by MinuteGal (The Left takes power only through deception.)
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And what kind of career will she pursue?

"Would you like fries with that?"

11 posted on 01/04/2007 5:19:21 AM PST by The_Victor (If all I want is a warm feeling, I should just wet my pants.)
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>>As part of an exam ritual in her dorm, Lee had filled the condoms with flour to make a phallic toy...

Bullfeathers. This was a setup. She wanted to sue the govt and get some attention.


12 posted on 01/04/2007 5:30:43 AM PST by Graymatter (...homeschooler)
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Ahhhh....the Essence of Ignorance? BAM! BAM!

When in college back in the '70's, my exam stress was usually incorporated into cold beer and dancing after hell week.

13 posted on 01/04/2007 5:33:32 AM PST by RSmithOpt (Liberalism: Highway to Hell)
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The drug "warriors" seem to have forgotten to control the southern border for decades.


14 posted on 01/04/2007 5:37:46 AM PST by Paladin2 (Islam is the religion of violins, NOT peas.)
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You misunderstand the 10% thing.

If they PAY (non refundable) a bail bondsman 10% ($50,000 in this case), he will put up the 1/2 million. It gonna cost you $50,000 to get out of jail, and you ain't getting it back.


15 posted on 01/04/2007 5:41:21 AM PST by Lokibob (Greatest snow on earth. www.utahweatherlinks.com)
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I think she was innocent. I've heard of those stress toys made from condoms. If it was a setup, then it was a successful one, as the police were apparently caught lying about the results of a drug field test.


16 posted on 01/04/2007 5:48:43 AM PST by dinodino
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This was a setup. She wanted to sue the govt and get some attention.

Amen.

Everyone knows that to really reduce stress you should fill 40-50 ziplock baggies with "2-fingers" worth of oregano... /sarc

17 posted on 01/04/2007 5:55:41 AM PST by Triggerhippie (Always use a silencer in a crowd. Loud noises offend people.)
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But, she said yesterday, she did not know at the time that drug dealers often carry drugs in condoms.

Actually, drug dealers don't carry drugs in condoms, mules do when transporting drugs across borders, BUT THEY CARRY THE DRUG-FILLED CONDOMS IN THEIR STOMACHS.

The whole point of the condom thing is to be able to conceal the drugs inside of a person. The fact that she had them in plain view in her luggage should have raised doubt about their use for contraband transport in a drug enforcement agent of even minimal intellectual capacity.

Just proves my contention that drug cops are the same class of low-life they are supposedly protecting us from.

18 posted on 01/04/2007 5:55:47 AM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
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Gee: I hereby volunteer to go to Bryn Mawr to allow the girls to squeeze the real thing and release their stress.


19 posted on 01/04/2007 5:59:27 AM PST by sgtbono2002 (Peace through strength.)
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Please explain how the HELL flour tests positive for opium and coke! Sure sounds like a setup; there had to be a trace of each sufficient to get a reading.


20 posted on 01/04/2007 6:00:22 AM PST by JimRed ("Hey, hey, Teddy K., how many girls did you drown today?" (Hello, I'm a TAGLINE virus. Please help m)
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