At least Lifesavers™ look like candy on the original form.
Try to convince a dumb cop that Crown Mints™ 
are not crack.
Posted on 08/19/2009 8:53:20 PM PDT by ellery
KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- A man is suing the Kissimmee Police Department for an arrest over mints. When officers pulled Donald May over for an expired tag, they thought the mints he was chewing were crack and arrested him.
May told Eyewitness News they wouldn't let him out of jail for three months until tests proved the so-called drugs were candy.
May said he was just minding his business, driving home from work, when a Kissimmee police officer pulled him over near 192.
"I don't know how it occurred," he said.
May was pulled over for an expired tag on his car. When the officer walked up to him, he noticed something white in May's mouth. May said it was breath mints, but the officer thought it was crack cocaine.
"He took them out of my mouth and put them in a baggy and locked me up [for] possession of cocaine and tampering with evidence," May explained.
The officer claimed he field-tested the evidence and it tested positive for drugs. The officer said he saw May buying drugs while he was stopped at an intersection. He also stated in his report May waived his Miranda rights and voluntarily admitted to buying drugs.
May said that never happened.
"My client never admitted he purchased crack cocaine. Why would he say that?" attorney Adam Sudbury said.
May was thrown in jail and was unable to bond out for three months. He didn't get out until he received a letter from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and the State Attorney's Office that test results showed no drugs were found.
"While I was sitting in jail I lost my apartment. I lost everything," he said.
While May was behind bars, the Kissimmee Police Department towed his car and auctioned it off. He lost his job and was evicted. Now May is suing the city for false arrest and false imprisonment. He wants to be compensated for the loss of his car and job.
May's attorney and the city of Kissimmee discussed a possible settlement last year, but failed to reach an agreement.
I would laugh if there wasn't so much truth in your statement.
-he wasn’t arrested for a duii.
-and it’s still legal to eat candy...even in front of an officer.
What if the cop was tellng the truth?
There is NO MENTION here of the guy being BLOOD TESTED for drugs
If I thought someone swallowed Crack Cocaine, I would be worried that tthe guy was going to OD for swallowing too much to avoid arrest
So, where is the blood test? Is there one?
Is this a part of the story?
The Mints would be useful for making your mouth water so you COULD swallow better...
Just Saying...99.9% of all cops aren’t going to just make stuff up
ping
So you really believe the cop saw May buying drugs from an unnamed, unidentified, unknown "drug dealer". And May further cheerfully waived Miranda and admitted to buying drugs?
A cop lying on an arrest report is not a "mistake", it's corruption.
At least Lifesavers™ look like candy on the original form.
Try to convince a dumb cop that Crown Mints™ are not crack.
Sure they do. Most cops now look at society, and government as the enemy...Most LEOs look and their own county, city, state governments as corrupt entities, and they will do what is required for self preservation.
Can't really blame them. This is what happens when government at all levels becomes compromised and undermined by wide spread corruption.
Could you point out where in the article it stated he "popped" the mints in his mouth as the traffic stop commenced?
Thanks.
Have you ever had a breath mint?
If you had, you would know that they usually dissolve in a about a minute in your mouth. Time one someday, with a real watch. A few crunches with your teeth and they are gone in seconds.
Every time I have been stopped for a traffic infraction, there is a wait long enough to dissolve a lot of mints while the cop checks the license plate before approaching the car.
It is just not feasible that he had the breath mints in his mouth before being pulled over. And, how many times have you ever put multiple breath mints in your mouth unless you were trying to cover up some breath problem?
Was there ever any proof that they were not actually breath mints?
Did they find any crack in him, on him, or with him?
‘Suspicious breath mint’ arrest seems rather statist to me.
Could you point out where in the article it stated he "popped" the mints in his mouth as the traffic stop commenced?
It is just not feasible that he had the breath mints in his mouth before being pulled over.
What?? Not feasible? lol....
There is nothing in the article to support your speculation. Zip nada...
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