Posted on 03/27/2008 1:18:12 PM PDT by 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.
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Stooping to new lows....
WOD, the gift that keeps on giving.
Wow.
The WO(S)D is progressing quite nicely.
Good. He’s supposed to be a Law Enforcement Officer. He’s not supposed to be a law violator.
“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?
How stupid can one be!
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.
What is a WOD?
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.
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.
Thanks.
Yeah, usually they get one of their informants to do the dirty work.
‘sneek-a-peek’ ??? why bother with the warrant eh ???
Well what he did was still stupid but those that worry about the rights of drug dealers are not very smart either.
“What is a WOD?”
War on Drugs.
“What is a WOD?”
A very expensive, dangerous, and ineffective boondoggle.
“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.
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