Philadelphia pays for police misbehavior, more cops get caught pilfering the evidence, one gets caught helping a heroin dealer, and another goes down hard for helping drug traffickers. Let's get to it:
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Posts Tagged ‘FBI’
Marijuana Arrests Driving America’s So-Called ‘Drug War,’ Latest FBI Data Shows
September 19, 2011 | 5 views | No Comments
Police made 853,838 arrests in 2010 for marijuana-related offenses, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The arrest total is among the highest ever reported by the agency and is nearly identical to the total number of cannabis-related arrests reported in 2009.
According to the report, marijuana arrests now comprise [...]
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Drug Policing Not a Very Dangerous Job, Stats Again Show
October 18, 2010 | 9 views | No Comments
The FBI reported Monday in this year's edition of Law Enforcement Officers Killed and Assaulted that 48 law enforcement officers were feloniously killed in the line of duty last year. In contrast to public imp…
Posted in NewsDrug Arrests Top 1.6 Million Last Year Despite Small Drop
September 19, 2010 | 7 views | No Comments
US law enforcement agencies arrested 1,663,582 on drug charges last year, according to the FBI's annual Uniform Crime Report. That represents a slight decrease from the previous year.
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Posted in NewsIncarceration Nation — Marijuana Arrests For Year 2009 Near Record High
September 15, 2010 | 3 views | No Comments
[Editor's note: This post is excerpted from NORML's weekly media advisory. To have NORML's media advisories delivered straight to your in-box, sign up for NORML's free e-zine here.]
Police prosecuted 858,408 persons for marijuana violations in 2009, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s annual Uniform Crime Report, released today. The arrest total is the second [...]
Posted in NewsFlying High Could Mean 20 Years Jail
February 4, 2010 | 0 views | No Comments
A San Francisco man figured out how to get marijuana through airport security – eat it. Kinman Chan, 30, was so high on a double dose of legal pot brownies that his US Airways flight had to make an emergency landing to get him off when he started behaving oddly, according to the FBI. Chan [...]
