Narcotics cop made illegal search look like a break-in

Atlanta Journal-Constitution ^ | 3/24/08 | By S.A. REID

[kiriath_jearim]

A 23-year Atlanta Police Department veteran pleaded guilty on Monday to conspiring to violate civil rights by searching a private residence without a warrant, federal prosecutors said.

Wilbert Stallings, 44, of Conyers, a sergeant in the department's narcotics unit, faces up to 10 years in prison and up to $250,000 in fines. A sentencing date wasn't immediately set.

[KoRn]

Stooping to new lows....

[purpleraine]

WOD, the gift that keeps on giving.

[SJSAMPLE]

Wow.

The WO(S)D is progressing quite nicely.

[F15Eagle]

Good. This isn’t Mother Russia.

[R. Scott]

Good. He’s supposed to be a Law Enforcement Officer. He’s not supposed to be a law violator.

[kiriath_jearim]

“Good. He’s supposed to be a Law Enforcement Officer. He’s not supposed to be a law violator.”

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Didn’t Frank Serpico believe the same thing about his NYPD colleagues?

[gunnedah]

How stupid can one be!

[CholeraJoe]

Stupid, when it is so easy for police to manufacture probable cause. Sitting too long at an intersection after the light turns green, broken tail light, (It will be broken when your car is impounded), failure to dim headlights promptly, license plate frame obscures plate, etc, etc.

[edcoil]

What is a WOD?

[purpleraine]

It our longest war. The war on drugs, funding gangs, filling expensive prisons, busting budgets, and empowering rouge cops. And the same failure over and over.

[beltfed308]

This guy was the supervisor of the Johnston raid but was never prosecuted for that? It sounds like the whole unit is rotten just like the Rampart scandal.

[Orange1998]

LEO usually get a slap on the wrist.

[edcoil]

Thanks.

[Mountain Troll]

Yeah, usually they get one of their informants to do the dirty work.

[Gilbo_3]

‘sneek-a-peek’ ??? why bother with the warrant eh ???

[gunnedah]

Well what he did was still stupid but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.

[kiriath_jearim]

“What is a WOD?”

War on Drugs.

[EEDUDE]

“What is a WOD?”

A very expensive, dangerous, and ineffective boondoggle.

[Harvey105]

“Well what he did was still stupid but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.”

No, what he did was illegal.

First, they came for the drug dealers, but I said nothing because I didn’t use drugs.

The police are to enforce the law and respect and obey the law. They should be held to a higher standard and, when they break the law they should be punished more severely.

I don’t know the particulars of this case, but there are many instances of polices planting evidence, so until the person is convicted he is only accused of a crime and still has his rights.

[Drew68]

those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.

Yeah, people who worry about other people's rights aren't very smart. What this country needs are kangaroo courts, secret witnesses, planted evidence and paramilitary death squads. Maybe then we can rid this nation of the marijuana menace. It's worked so well for Columbia.

[traviskicks]

Libertarian ping! To be added or removed from my ping list freepmail me or post a message here.

[gunnedah]

People who worry about the rights of drug dealers aide them!

[tacticalogic]

People who worry about the rights of drug dealers aide them!

People who don't worry about the rights of their fellow citizens betray them.

[William Tell]

gunnedah said: "Well what he did was still stupid but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either."

I think you're very wrong about this. Drug dealers don't lose their rights until they have been convicted and sentenced. The Bill of Rights isn't worth anything if you are willing to allow the police to decide when it applies and when it doesn't.

If you have been paying attention to cases like Nifong's persecution of the Duke students, you would know that innocent people are charged with crimes all the time. They may be in the minority, but the only way to preserve justice is to expect that people's rights are respected even when they are charged with a crime.

If you wish to see people punished, wait until sentencing time.

[zeugma]

People who worry about the rights of drug dealers aide them!

Wow. Someone here needs to get out more.

[supercat]

Well what he did was still stupid but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.

What does 'worrying about the rights of drug dealers' have to do with a desire to see dangerous criminals punished? Crooks like this are among the most dangerous criminals in existence, since they serve to replace constitutional government with totalitarian anarchy.

[supercat]

A very expensive, dangerous, and ineffective boondoggle.

Expensive, yes. Dangerous, yes. Ineffective? Don't I wish.

The War on Drugs is extremely effective. Of course, the real goals have nothing to do with illegal drug use, and everything to do with imposing totalitarian anarchy, but I would suggest that Prohibition II has been reasonably effective toward its true ends. It hasn't totally destroyed the country yet, but it's moved things pretty well along.

[gunnedah]

I have been out quite a bit lately,so maybe it is you.

[gunnedah]

I have been out quite a bit lately,so maybe it is you.

[gunnedah]

Please read all of the post. I was replying to William Tell being jittery on that statement about the rights of drug dealers.

[elkfersupper]

A 23-year-old police seargeant drug warrior.

Behold the future.

No experience, no discretion, no latitude.

Hope all you people enjoy your Gulag.

[dcwusmc]

A 23-year “veteran” on the farce. A real-cop Wannabe! Probably too damned dumb to make it as a murder or robbery cop, prosecuting REAL crime and REAL criminals, so he became a fake cop, on a par with those “vice cops” who chase hookers so they won’t get hurt by real bad guys.

[supercat]

Please read all of the post. I was replying to William Tell being jittery on that statement about the rights of drug dealers.

Your post #17 was a reply to #15. William Tell's first post on this thread was #25. Were you referring to some post of his on some other thread?

[grjr21]

but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.

Did anybody read this article?

Junnier had obtained the warrant for one apartment in the 2005 incident, prosecutors said. The team found some marijuana behind the apartment but not inside, they said. Stallings and Junnier then decided to search an adjoining apartment but no one was home and they found nothing inside.

This is not a drug dealer we are talking about it these scumbags broke into someones apartment  not because they were suspicious of the residents but because they thought they were above the law

 

 

[bamahead]

Today, breaking in to search.

Tomorrow, breaking in to plant and railroad.

[Joe 6-pack]

"Tomorrow, breaking in to plant and railroad."

Don't be surprised to see the same bag of coke listed as evidence in three separate cases.

[gunnedah]

I do not disagree. They belong in jail. Cops are apparently becoming like the rest of our political landscape and doing the same thing as those we elect. I have said numerous times the so called Professions in America are more corrupt than those the Judicial System has seen fit to incarcerate.We no longer have any morals or standards.

[gunnedah]

I was making a general comment. I have never been in a court of law where a defendant was not made to look like and angel or played on sympathy. In most cases the public never see what the defendant really looks like and because you can clean someone up or even if they a clean appearance it should never come into play. Only facts should decide the outcome and they very seldom come out because a Judge (Lawyer) will rule them prejudicial. I guess I am taking some of my past frustrations out.There were times in my past life I thought about things like these cops but I thank God I never gave into the urge.The Judicial System in America is way out of focus and it is more about acting than anything else.Face the facts,the system is broken and it is not about finding the truth the way most think it is,it is about money and the most skilled attorney. Everyone should have their rights protected but do we have the right to lie?

[jmc813]

Well what he did was still stupid but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.

Sigh

[zeugma]

I have been out quite a bit lately,so maybe it is you.

Well, judging by the posts on this thread, it would appear that those of us who respect the constittuion appear to outnumber police state supporters. Take that as you will. 

[gunnedah]

Constitution/ The government doesn't even respect the C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N and most folks on here do not either. Remember it is all left up to interpretation.

[secretagent]

totalitarian anarchy

Yes.