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Date Posted: 21:33:31 12/06/08 Sat
Author: iteo
Subject: Your government dollars at work

Though this is the u.s., don't think that the same things don't go on in your country. The point of this post is to wake you up to the fact that the 'powers that be' have been successful in taking regular citizens (and what should be honest policemen) and turning them into fascist stooges.

STORY:

[Barry Cooper, a former drug cop, now runs KopBusters] KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana. When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit claiming they have probable cause to raid the house. Instead of conducting a proper investigation which usually leads to no probable cause, the Kops lie on the affidavit claiming a confidential informant saw the plants and/or the police could smell marijuana coming from the suspected house.

The trap was set and less than 24 hours later, the Odessa narcotics unit raided the house only to find KopBuster�s attorney waiting under a system of complex gadgetry and spy cameras that streamed online to the KopBuster�s secret mobile office nearby.

...there was nothing illegal going on the bait house, just two evergreen trees and some grow lamps. There was no probable cause.

Cooper chose the Odessa police department for baiting because he believes police there instructed an informant to plant marijuana on a woman named Yolanda Madden. She's currently serving an eight-year sentence for possession with intent to distribute. According to Cooper, the informant actually admitted in federal court that he planted the marijuana. Madden was convicted anyway.

<a rel=nofollow target=_blank href="http://www.reason.com/blog/show/130429.html?success=1">http://www.reason.com/blog/show/130429.html?success=1</a>

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