Cops giving out drugs? Who do they think they are - the CIA?

Triumph: Cops giving out drugs? Who do they think they are - the CIA?

I'm pretty sure some CONTRAs in Minnesota need funding....

When you have the pick of the evidence room's litter, it's not hard to find good shiat.

Barry Seal and General Richard Secord wanted for questioning.

Spliffy

Communist_Manifesto: Triumph: Cops giving out drugs? Who do they think they are - the CIA?

I'm pretty sure some CONTRAs in Minnesota need funding....

Sounds like a job for Oliver North.

I used to buy weed off of a cop when I was in college... One of the more reliable dealers I've known.

I heard he ended up getting run over by some folks he crossed while he was walking to his cruiser in a Lil' Peach parking lot.

Nothing spiffy about the fact that cops can get away with activities that they frequently lock up, brutalize, and even kill their fellow citizens for. Nothing spiffy about that at all.


As to the story Wonkette reported, the police handing out drugs to see what they'll do to people and to try and find informants on what has been, minus the activities of one FBI agent provocateur and his patsies, a non-violent protest movement just goes to show what little regard the Minnesota State Troopers hold for the laws they are supposed to enforce and the rights they are supposed to protect.

Heron: Nothing spiffy about the fact that cops can get away with activities that they frequently lock up, brutalize, and even kill their fellow citizens for. Nothing spiffy about that at all.


As to the story Wonkette reported, the police handing out drugs to see what they'll do to people and to try and find informants on what has been, minus the activities of one FBI agent provocateur and his patsies, a non-violent protest movement just goes to show what little regard the Minnesota State Troopers hold for the laws they are supposed to enforce and the rights they are supposed to protect.

WTF did I just read?

So that's why they are always eating donuts. They all have the munchies.

Duuude...

Well, I can't speak to cops getting civilians high, but I do know our local departments, as part of their training, will have recruits get plastered on beer, so they can understand how it affects driving capabilities. It also gives the sober ones the ability to conduct field sobriety tests on actual drunks, in a controlled environment. It isn't such a leap to think that police might offer drugs to people willing to do said drugs, so the police can learn from observing said stoners.

The civilians weren't forced into taking the drugs, they were offered and accepted freely. So I was rather annoyed to see these civilians referred to as "victims" in TFA. For them to be a victim those folks would have to have been forced to take said drugs, and I see no evidence of this at all.

Stupid Article is Stupid. Some Occupy folks got some free weed, courtesy of the MPD. Film at 11.

MmmmBacon: Well, I can't speak to cops getting civilians high, but I do know our local departments, as part of their training, will have recruits get plastered on beer, so they can understand how it affects driving capabilities. It also gives the sober ones the ability to conduct field sobriety tests on actual drunks, in a controlled environment. It isn't such a leap to think that police might offer drugs to people willing to do said drugs, so the police can learn from observing said stoners.

The civilians weren't forced into taking the drugs, they were offered and accepted freely. So I was rather annoyed to see these civilians referred to as "victims" in TFA. For them to be a victim those folks would have to have been forced to take said drugs, and I see no evidence of this at all.

Stupid Article is Stupid. Some Occupy folks got some free weed, courtesy of the MPD. Film at 11.

So cops are allowed to define the law as well as enforce it, hmm? Can't see any problems with that, noooooooooo. Nothing to see here, move along.

Doesn't know what you're talking about.

Shadow Blasko: WTF did I just read?



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untaken_name: MmmmBacon: Well, I can't speak to cops getting civilians high, but I do know our local departments, as part of their training, will have recruits get plastered on beer, so they can understand how it affects driving capabilities. It also gives the sober ones the ability to conduct field sobriety tests on actual drunks, in a controlled environment. It isn't such a leap to think that police might offer drugs to people willing to do said drugs, so the police can learn from observing said stoners.

The civilians weren't forced into taking the drugs, they were offered and accepted freely. So I was rather annoyed to see these civilians referred to as "victims" in TFA. For them to be a victim those folks would have to have been forced to take said drugs, and I see no evidence of this at all.

Stupid Article is Stupid. Some Occupy folks got some free weed, courtesy of the MPD. Film at 11.

So cops are allowed to define the law as well as enforce it, hmm? Can't see any problems with that, noooooooooo. Nothing to see here, move along.

If the police had given the civilians drugs, then arrested them for it, I could see your point. Alas, that isn't the case. This was a training exercise with willing participants, no more innocuous that a university conducting tests on willing students, in my opinion.

YMMV, of course.

"Don't touch that ass, just smoke grass"

Went to my dealers house many years ago. Knocked on the door, but no answer. Heard some coughing coming from the back yard. Rounded the corner just in time to see a cop in full unifrom hand a joint back to my guy. He blew out a hit and began coughing like mad. He excused himself and got in his car and left. I was flabbergasted. My dealer invited us in and I was like WTF? He laughed and said he knew the guy since grade school. "Don't worry, he stops by every week like clockwork".

I got to dig though a hefty leaf & lawn bag and pick what I wanted. He had 6 more lined up on the wall.

/CSB

"Seriously - it was the best shiat ever."

MmmmBacon: Well, I can't speak to cops getting civilians high, but I do know our local departments, as part of their training, will have recruits get plastered on beer, so they can understand how it affects driving capabilities. It also gives the sober ones the ability to conduct field sobriety tests on actual drunks, in a controlled environment. It isn't such a leap to think that police might offer drugs to people willing to do said drugs, so the police can learn from observing said stoners.

The civilians weren't forced into taking the drugs, they were offered and accepted freely. So I was rather annoyed to see these civilians referred to as "victims" in TFA. For them to be a victim those folks would have to have been forced to take said drugs, and I see no evidence of this at all.

Stupid Article is Stupid. Some Occupy folks got some free weed, courtesy of the MPD. Film at 11.

So those teachers havibg sex with their students... victimless since the participants were willing.

pedobearapproved: Shadow Blasko: WTF did I just read?

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I love that stuff... Great for traveling. Toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and deodorant all in one bottle. Plus you've got some insanity to read while you take a dump.

/for the Alliance

"victims"

lulz. smh

kim jong-un: MmmmBacon: Well, I can't speak to cops getting civilians high, but I do know our local departments, as part of their training, will have recruits get plastered on beer, so they can understand how it affects driving capabilities. It also gives the sober ones the ability to conduct field sobriety tests on actual drunks, in a controlled environment. It isn't such a leap to think that police might offer drugs to people willing to do said drugs, so the police can learn from observing said stoners.

The civilians weren't forced into taking the drugs, they were offered and accepted freely. So I was rather annoyed to see these civilians referred to as "victims" in TFA. For them to be a victim those folks would have to have been forced to take said drugs, and I see no evidence of this at all.

Stupid Article is Stupid. Some Occupy folks got some free weed, courtesy of the MPD. Film at 11.

So those teachers havibg sex with their students... victimless since the participants were willing.

I know, or at least I hope, you are smart enough to know the difference between the two situations. Nice attempt to Troll though, but I'm not biting. Other might, so I give you a 3/10.

Just decriminalize it for god's sake.

Headline from TFA: Minnesota State Troopers Got Occupy Activists High, For Research

SCIENCE!!1!

The police may sometimes be assholes, but damn, this is just funny.

/window seat, please

spentmiles: Just decriminalize it for god's sake.

Indeed. My state (Oregon) has state-run liquor stores, and I would love to see weed sold there as well. It would take a lot of the power out of criminals hands, allow the state to tax the product for increased revenues, keep the supply from being tainted, and legalize a huge cash crop for farmers. The benefits greatly outweigh the downsides of legalizing marijuana, unless you are in Corrections or industries who might be hurt by the legalization of Hemp (and I have no pity for them, anyway).

Shadow Blasko: Heron: Nothing spiffy about the fact that cops can get away with activities that they frequently lock up, brutalize, and even kill their fellow citizens for. Nothing spiffy about that at all.


As to the story Wonkette reported, the police handing out drugs to see what they'll do to people and to try and find informants on what has been, minus the activities of one FBI agent provocateur and his patsies, a non-violent protest movement just goes to show what little regard the Minnesota State Troopers hold for the laws they are supposed to enforce and the rights they are supposed to protect.

WTF did I just read?

You might not be aware of this, but our "Drug War" gets pretty ugly. Search "The Agitator" on google and read through the site's archives to get an idea of what I'm talking about. As to my comment about the Occupy movement, I'm referring to this and revelations following it that suggest the FBI informant mentioned in that article was the primary force behind that "Occupy Bomb Plot" that was all over the media a few weeks ago.

As to my statements about the Minnesota State Troopers, they got caught using drugs to bribe people into being police plants. There was a time when the US prided itself on being the sort of place where you could engage in peaceful political activism secure in the knowledge that your government -national, state and local- wasn't spying on you, trying to disrupt your activities, or trying to buy itself an army of secret snitches. If you can't recognize what we've lost when no outrage is elicited by a police organization being revealed to have used seized narcotics to bribe informants, or by the double standard implicit in such an arrangement, then I don't really know what I can write that will make you understand. There are people rotting in federal prison right now for the possession of miniscule amounts of pot, and these cops were handing it our as a reward for helping them spy on entirely legal, protected political activity.

Heron: one FBI agent provocateur and his patsies

I read that as "his pasties", and wondered just WTF the FBI was doing exactly...

MmmmBacon: spentmiles: Just decriminalize it for god's sake.

Indeed. My state (Oregon) has state-run liquor stores, and I would love to see weed sold there as well. It would take a lot of the power out of criminals hands, allow the state to tax the product for increased revenues, keep the supply from being tainted, and legalize a huge cash crop for farmers. The benefits greatly outweigh the downsides of legalizing marijuana, unless you are in Corrections or industries who might be hurt by the legalization of Hemp (and I have no pity for them, anyway).

I'm sure the state would make a lot more money from marijuana sales than they do from enforcing the current laws, but with fewer people to arrest, prosecute, imprison, and then monitor on probation, there would be job losses. The police department, corrections facilities, and local courts are all so tightly bound that the homegrown hayseeds who run the show refuse to step on any toes.

We need the surgence of perscription pill and methamphetamine abuse to continue so the revenue streams are replaced. Or maybe some truly ruthless drug will catch hold, like krokodil from Russia, and marijuana won't be as important anymore.

spentmiles: MmmmBacon: spentmiles: Just decriminalize it for god's sake.

Indeed. My state (Oregon) has state-run liquor stores, and I would love to see weed sold there as well. It would take a lot of the power out of criminals hands, allow the state to tax the product for increased revenues, keep the supply from being tainted, and legalize a huge cash crop for farmers. The benefits greatly outweigh the downsides of legalizing marijuana, unless you are in Corrections or industries who might be hurt by the legalization of Hemp (and I have no pity for them, anyway).

I'm sure the state would make a lot more money from marijuana sales than they do from enforcing the current laws, but with fewer people to arrest, prosecute, imprison, and then monitor on probation, there would be job losses. The police department, corrections facilities, and local courts are all so tightly bound that the homegrown hayseeds who run the show refuse to step on any toes.

We need the surgence of perscription pill and methamphetamine abuse to continue so the revenue streams are replaced. Or maybe some truly ruthless drug will catch hold, like krokodil from Russia, and marijuana won't be as important anymore.

WEll, that's no problem here in Oregon. Meth is an epidemic here, so I don't see legalizing weed would cause any job losses for our police or the courts. But it would free up a lot of jail cells for hardcore criminals.

I'm so incredibly bothered by the fact the first sentence of the article ends with a question mark, but isn't a question . . . I think I need to smoke a bowl now . . .

Once again, police don't have a problem with police breaking the law? In fact, I'm sure the supervisors will find a means to justify it, without implicating themselves? One thing is for certain, the police most likely document these informants and won't hesitate to use this information when they decide to bust them in the future? But what angers me more than police getting people high, is bad writing and zero editing?

If I keep reading these comments, I'm going to be late for work? I really would like to stay and participate, but I must be off? Later everyone?

MmmmBacon: WEll, that's no problem here in Oregon. Meth is an epidemic here, so I don't see legalizing weed would cause any job losses for our police or the courts. But it would free up a lot of jail cells for hardcore criminals.

The problem with the current weed laws is that they just sort of play with people. The states and counties reach into people's pockets, grab a thousand dollars, and move on. Obviously they're more concerned with the revenue stream rather than eradicating marijuana use. If I was elected governor, I would enact a one-strike and your out policy. If you are caught with even residue, your options would be life in prison or lethal injection. Harsh? Of course. After a few examples are made, the problem would go away.

PANDA smokes with a cop
NAME smokes a cop

Why do about 85% of Wonkettes articles blow dog in the way they are written?

Cops have the best dope.

spentmiles: The problem with the current weed laws is that they just sort of play with people. The states and counties reach into people's pockets, grab a thousand dollars, and move on. Obviously they're more concerned with the revenue stream rather than eradicating marijuana use. If I was elected governor, I would enact a one-strike and your out policy. If you are caught with even residue, your options would be life in prison or lethal injection. Harsh? Of course. After a few examples are made, the problem would go away.

Not harsh enough. You need to kill their whole family too, to make sure there are no revenge smokers.

keylock71: pedobearapproved: Shadow Blasko: WTF did I just read?

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I love that stuff... Great for traveling. Toothpaste, soap, shampoo, and deodorant all in one bottle. Plus you've got some insanity to read while you take a dump.

I'm glad that calling people insane lets you feel good about ignoring injustice, and I'm glad that making light of the deaths of your fellow citizens gives you a little chuckle while you're on the toilet, as it reveals you to be just the sort of civic-minded and discerning fellow America needs in its voting booths.

In a similar way, I'm sure Kirk Kyle Farrar is happy to know that the police were buying themselves informants with a substance which he and his family were terrorized for merely selling potential peripherals for. I'm sure Troy Davis and Anthony Diotaiuto are both happy to know that the Minnesota State Troopers are rewarding their snitches with a substance they were both killed by police for possessing. In fact, I'm sure all the people On This List would be just pleased as punch to know the Minnesota State Troopers think it's perfectly fine to recruit informants by distributing controlled substances, if not for the fact that all those people are dead, at the hands of police, for their involvement or suspected involvement with such substances.

But hey, being offended by the hypocrisy of cops killing people for drugs on one hand while using drugs to recruit snitches on the other apparently makes me crazy, so maybe instead of being affirmed by the happiness I fell for you, you ought to be looking a bit harder at this blase attitude you have about our Drug War instead.

Heron: ...I fellfeel for you...

Oops.

FTFM

RobSeace: Heron: one FBI agent provocateur and his patsies

I read that as "his pasties", and wondered just WTF the FBI was doing exactly...

That would also be an FBI behavior I would find troubling, but for slightly different reasons.

FOR SCIENCE!

Who dreams this shiat up?

Det. Vic Mackey approves.

Heron: ...instead of being affirmed by the happiness I fell for you, you ought to be looking a bit harder at this blase attitude you have about our Drug War instead.

Bah.
I apparently need to get more proof-reading practice in, apparently.
FTFM

What "Panda" may look like

lappyx86: FOR SCIENCE!

Who dreams this shiat up?

The CIA for one. I seem to recall them accidentally driving a sitting Congressman to suicide by spiking his water with LSD without him knowing, just to see how "respectable" people would react to the drug. I don't really see the problem with it myself; as we all know, Respectable people have much different brains than us plebes, so I can see it being a subject of genuine interest.

/that last sentence was sarcasm

MmmmBacon: kim jong-un: MmmmBacon: Well, I can't speak to cops getting civilians high, but I do know our local departments, as part of their training, will have recruits get plastered on beer, so they can understand how it affects driving capabilities. It also gives the sober ones the ability to conduct field sobriety tests on actual drunks, in a controlled environment. It isn't such a leap to think that police might offer drugs to people willing to do said drugs, so the police can learn from observing said stoners.

The civilians weren't forced into taking the drugs, they were offered and accepted freely. So I was rather annoyed to see these civilians referred to as "victims" in TFA. For them to be a victim those folks would have to have been forced to take said drugs, and I see no evidence of this at all.

Stupid Article is Stupid. Some Occupy folks got some free weed, courtesy of the MPD. Film at 11.

So those teachers havibg sex with their students... victimless since the participants were willing.

I know, or at least I hope, you are smart enough to know the difference between the two situations. Nice attempt to Troll though, but I'm not biting. Other might, so I give you a 3/10.

So you are saying that providing illegal drugs to people is ok because there are no victims because the 'victims' asked for it.

Would you give alcohol to an alcoholic because they asked for it?