Judge Criticizes Portsmouth Police In Drug Case

the champlain channel .com ^ | 7.4.03 | The Associated Press.

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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- A judge in Portsmouth Wednesday acquitted a Maine man of drug charges, calling a police search that led to the arrest an outrageous violation of constitutional rights.

Portsmouth District Court Judge Sharon DeVries refused to allow certain evidence to be used and cleared 20-year-old Joshua Eastman, of South Portland, Maine, of marijuana possession.

He was arrested after police responded to a noise complaint at an apartment in January, stood outside the door for about a half hour and heard what they said sounded like juveniles talking about drugs and alcohol. After no one answered their knocks, officers kicked in the door and discovered Eastman, several teens and an adult.

Eastman said one officer pointed a pistol at his head and held him in a chokehold while demanding to know where the group had marijuana. When Eastman didn't answer, they searched the apartment, found a gram of marijuana and arrested him.

Eastman's lawyer said police had plenty of time to get a search warrant but didn't. The state said a warrantless search was justified.

[Darksheare]

High stress job, no doubt about that.
My brother in law is a cop.
And some of the things he sees drives him up the wall.

The Sussex New jersey cops kinda snorted, smoked AND sold all the evidence. 16 pounds would have gone real quick with those guys. But, that was them.

I don't envy them their jobs, especially considering some of what I've seen myself. Those boys deal with all kinds of crap.
But smoking the evidence is too far.

Yes, several cops here in New York recently lost their jobs due to public intoxication on the job. All quietly though.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

And some of the things he sees drives him up the wall.

The larger the city the worse it gets. If I was going to be a cop it would be in a small town. Scum is everywhere, but the less I see the better.

[Darksheare]

My brother in law has to deal with 'supervisors' who negate the job of chief of police.
So he's gone off and asked them 'why have a chief of police if you guys keep countermanding me?'
So far, he hasn't gotten an answer to that one yet.
But they've taken the power of hire from him, the supervisors make decisions as to who gets hired or not now.

[MrLeRoy]

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