Ex-Drug Officer Shows Users How to Avoid Arrest

NPR ^ | October 31, 2007 | by Wade Goodwyn

[SubGeniusX]

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[Huck]

Cool.

[BenLurkin]

Guess no surprise that there really is something to old “pulled over for driving while black” allegation.

[stevio]

"I don't know how he lives with himself and looks in the mirror."

Personally I don't know how they can live with themselves busting up families for a bag of pot. Good for him.

[AxelPaulsenJr]

MrLeRoy’s wet dream...........

[rhombus]

"I used to break into houses at three o'clock in the morning with 10 other men, after throwing a flash grenade through the window," Cooper says. "I would drag Mom and Dad away and send the kids to the department of human services — over a bag of pot — and totally ruin that entire family. I started reaping what I had sown."

Ah yes, the War on Drugs... will he good times never end?

[KarlInOhio]

But when Cooper left West Texas and moved to Upshur County in East Texas, things began to turn. First, Cooper arrested the mayor's son for possession of methamphetamines. He then arrested a city councilman for driving with a bag of pot and a gun.

Not a good way for a cop to keep his job. I have a relative who lost his job for being on the wrong side of a "cop busts city councilman's kid" story. He refused to fire the "troublesome" cop in question, so the council fired him and hired someone who would play along with making the problem go away.

I don't do drugs, but I might buy the video. You never know when you might have to haul something else like ammo under the Hillary regime that you don't want found.

[zencat]

“I used to break into houses at three o’clock in the morning with 10 other men, after throwing a flash grenade through the window,” Cooper says. “I would drag Mom and Dad away and send the kids to the department of human services — over a bag of pot — and totally ruin that entire family. I started reaping what I had sown.”

And the house and assets can be confiscated without due process.

[2banana]

"I used to break into houses at three o'clock in the morning with 10 other men, after throwing a flash grenade through the window," Cooper says. "I would drag Mom and Dad away and send the kids to the department of human services — over a bag of pot — and totally ruin that entire family. I started reaping what I had sown."

What a full of himself @ss...

[MichaelP]

Guess no surprise that there really is something to old “pulled over for driving while black” allegation.

These yahoos are a scourge on law enforcement and flaunt the constitution. Abuse of power continues everywhere and people wonder why the cops aren't trusted....

Mike

[SoldierMedic]

I was listening to NPR and I heard this. I actually read about this in the newspaper almost a year ago. Must be a slow news day if they need to regurgitate news that really isn’t that new.

[NurdlyPeon]

"I don't know how he justifies having played one side of the fence and putting people in jail, and now playing the other side and helping them avoid it,"

First, Cooper arrested the mayor's son for possession of methamphetamines. He then arrested a city councilman for driving with a bag of pot and a gun. Busting long-hairs on the highway was one thing, but the aggressive narcotics officer was not endearing himself to important people in East Texas.

Asked and answered.

[Badeye]

This story is at least two years old.

[7thOF7th]

I don’t agree with this guy but he makes an interesting point about the disparity of the judicial system in regards to “haves & have nots”. It drives home the point that the whole hypocrisy of the “war on drugs” is starring all of us right in the face but still nobody steps forward to change it. Where has leadership gone?

[sbMKE]

This “war on drugs” is how small town, rural police departments are fielding heavily armed and armored SWAT teams. The Crandon, WI shooter was one of these pot busters.

Easy pickings and revenuing by coward police too busy to answer calls and respond to hardened criminals.

[magslinger]

"I don't know how he justifies having played one side of the fence and putting people in jail, and now playing the other side and helping them avoid it," says Herschel Tebay, commander of the Tarrant County Organized Crime Narcotics Unit in Fort Worth. "I don't know how he lives with himself and looks in the mirror."

Maybe he does it so he can sleep nights. I am not a legalized drugs advocate but I think a lot of police and departments go way overboard against drugs. Cooper sounds like one such officer who is now in recovery. And is up to step nine.

[pnh102]

Abuse of power continues everywhere and people wonder why the cops aren't trusted....

Not to mention the fact that fewer real criminals are arrested and prosecuted these days it seems. How many violent criminals are allowed to continue roaming the streets for every nonviolent drug offender that is prosecuted?

[AppyPappy]

I can’t imagine a guy busting up his own family because he wants to smoke dope.

[Boogieman]

Well, I’m no fan of aiding and abetting criminals, but I do think police have gone too far in using paramilitary tactics when serving warrants on recreational drug users. It was only a matter of time before some police officers who saw that firsthand decided to speak out against it, but seems like this guy is more interested in making a buck than making a statement.

[AppyPappy]

he makes an interesting point about the disparity of the judicial system in regards to “haves & have nots”.

That's true of everything, not just drugs.