Although California is often revered as one of the more progressive states when it comes to protecting the average citizen from becoming a casualty of the drug war, a new poll has found that law enforcement is the southern portion of the state is still capitalizing on the… Read article here: High Times
Tag: Cops
Colorado Cops Beg State Lawmakers to Stop Changing Marijuana Laws
In a recent letter unearthed byThe Denver Post, Colorado’s leading prosecutors and police officials are demanding that state lawmakers put a temporary hold on any additional legislative revisions to the state’s marijuana laws because they simply “c… Read article here: High Times
Arkansas Cops Seize $20K Cash From Man With No Criminal Record
The asset forfeiture case of Guillermo Espinoza, who lost $ 20,000 to Arkansas police. Read article here: High Times
Cops Raid Weed-Friendly Jersey Eatery and Church
Trenton, New Jersey raids at NJ Weedman's Joint and the Liberty Bell Temple 3 lead to arrest of Ed "Weedman" Forchion. Read article here: High Times
Right to Film Cops in Dispute in Philly Federal Case
According to thePhilly Voice,thePennsylvania ACLUis planning to appealadecision made last month by a federal court stating that a citizen has no First Amendment right to record police activity without a specific, critical reason for doi… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: Did ‘Making a Murderer’ Cops Shock You? Then You’ve Ignored the Drug War
As I read the reviews and discussions of “Making a Murderer,” I see Americans shocked that so much police and prosecutorial malfeasance came to bear on this one man and his family. To them, I say, welcome to our world. Read article here: High Times
New DEA Report Wants Us to Believe That Cops Don’t Care About Weed
While reports of law enforcement pulling underhanded stunts to bust people for weed seem no less common today than they were a decade ago, the latest federal data indicates that police at the local and state level consider marijuana to be the least concerning of illicit s… Read article here: High Times
Massachusetts SJC: Cops Can’t Stop Drivers Based on Suspicion of Pot Possession
For years, police have used the “suspected of drug possession” excuse as an easy way to pull motorists over in hopes of finding marijuana. But a ruling made earlier this week by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts has determined that law enforcement ca… Read article here: High Times
Hundreds of Local Cops Are Requesting Armored Trucks To Fight War on Weed
Although law enforcement agencies have defended their use of combat equipment—citing hostage situations, terrorist attacks and massshootings—a recent investigation byMother Jonesfound that most cops aren't putting those answers on their r… Read article here: High Times
Radical Rant: Two Men Shot By Lying Cops Over Weed
Zachary Hammond and Sam DuBose are dead. Hammond was a 19-year-old white man in South Carolina. DuBose was a 43-year-old black man in Ohio. Both were shot during traffic stops by cops who then lied about killing these men in self-defense. Both are dead because marijuana i… Read article here: High Times