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A drug task force used an informant who was mentally ill, had a history of drug and alcohol problems, a criminal conviction and 23 of her own court appearences. Somehow during her employment as an agent she acquired a job as a school bus driver . http://scint-stinks.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-2149377378821137952007-03-23T05:27:00.000-05:002007-03-23T05:27:00.000-05:00And One Last Issue: The goal of the drug task forc...And One Last Issue: <BR/><BR/>The goal of the drug task force is money just like the trafficker. That money is called Seized money which is later forfeited and it's supplemental funding with no civic accountability. <BR/><BR/>It's kind of like a Robin Hood theme where the cops take from the rich but give it to themselves. The theme is a noble cause but it's went from being an investigative tool to a service. Now federal agencies sell themselves and their employees to the High Priest of Forfeiture. <BR/><BR/>In summary, it's a culture and changing attitudes outside the culture won't change the culture. <BR/><BR/>I've been present at drug investigations I've later read about in the paper. The investigation I was present at was a a one-day, low level, unimportant drug buy followed by a search warrant. The news release prepared by the officers said it was a one-year multi-agency effort that targeted mid level traffickers. The long term investigation terminated with the arrest of 7 individuals and 20K in cash, a car, and other assets were seized. <BR/><BR/>It turns out the feds paid their overtime which was worth more than the seized drugs. Most of the overtime was fraudulent and the seven who were arrested just happened to be in the house at the time of the search. Charges were later dismissed against six of those arrested and the seventh was released at a suppression hearing. The results never made the NEWS and it turns out the 20K was later used by the departments for more OVERTIME. <BR/>Unless I missed something, what does any of that have to do with people's attitudes about drugs and punishment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-50371015266122512242007-03-21T13:30:00.000-05:002007-03-21T13:30:00.000-05:00To Alan Bean: I am a retired DEA Agent. We've co...To Alan Bean: I am a retired DEA Agent. We've communicated by email and I've read some of your posts about snitching, Tulia, Drug Task Forces and other issues. <BR/><BR/>My perspective, like Burns, is based on experience so intellectualize it the way you want. <BR/><BR/>As it relates to snitching rules, Burns is 100% correct. There are very strict rules and 99% are not followed. That's not black or white, it's integrity and when you dig deep into the core of it you'll find a theme that Burns writes about in the "Wire". He just doesn't flush it out as clear as he could. <BR/><BR/>Right now it's about cooperation. The more cooperation the better and the more agencies you attach to your cooperation wagon the better. Then you have to have federal funding. It's easy, it's volume, and it pays the cooperators huge amounts of overtime they really don't earn. <BR/>Then there's the press release and here's where you use creative writing. The investigation is actually a local case with easy targets but there's federal guidelines and you arrest large volumes of people from a target pool with large numbers. The press release is subsequently a creative writing assignment and you put words in there like "dismantle", "linked", and other words that symbolize importance. It's an exaggeration but the group looks like they're doing something. They all put each other in for awards and two years later, the investigation unravels because combining resources causes them to combine rules. The net effect is NO RULES and police misconduct is a natural product of the drug task force concept. <BR/>When I supervised a drug task force for DEA, the state and locals ran the task force. That's just the way it was and the only thing DEA did was fund it. The task force agents cut corners, lied, and falsified records because they existed in a gap between the supervisors of their own department and a federal agency that can ONLY CONTROL THEIR OWN. Think about that and you'll find that Drug Task Forces of any kind are the problem no matter who provides the funding.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-27456791390614304142007-03-21T11:59:00.000-05:002007-03-21T11:59:00.000-05:00In 40 years of headlong pursuit of "Justice" (at b...In 40 years of headlong pursuit of "Justice" (at best a blind, fickle bitch) it is beyond clear that minorities are at an unsurmountable disadvantage. To caim otherwise is simply an affirmation of ignorance. We've had too many unsuccessful "Wars"' and no real PLANS. The victims of "The War on Poverty" were the poor; of the "War on Drugs", the addicts and the taxpayers; of the "War on Terrorism", the victims of terror. We need more peace and less war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-66704627351097275352007-03-20T23:13:00.000-05:002007-03-20T23:13:00.000-05:00I think Burns had it backwards...businesses move o...I think Burns had it backwards...businesses move out of an area where gangs subsist...but it goes back further. America's drug war has "felonized" an entire generation of Black fathers. The children are growing up w/o dads, and the teachers are triaging the students, deciding who they can save and who they can't. Latch-key kids are looking for attention, respect and role models and the gangs are there to fill the void. The felon-fathers are getting out of jail with bad credit, a criminal record and a system that isn't interested in helping them.<BR/><BR/>David Winfield, a Hall of Fame baseball player, has written a new book called "Dropping the Ball" about the problems that major league baseball faces. In it he writes that at one pt, 25% of the professional baseball players were Black. Now it is down to 8%. If this decline continues, then the "last Black baseball player is right now 12 yrds old". Is it because young Black kids are no longer interested in baseball, or is it, as I suggest, that their fathers are not around to teach them baseball? <BR/><BR/>The War on Drugs is not fought in the white burbs but in the urban black community. The science is clear on this: most drug users are, by far, white, but, most drug felons are black.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63486003602701687632007-03-20T15:10:00.000-05:002007-03-20T15:10:00.000-05:00Thankfully, George Bush has laid to rest the myth ...Thankfully, George Bush has laid to rest the myth of "White Supremacy."<BR/><BR/>attributed to Charlie Wrangel...Allan Ericksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515827714318809893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-11271530770233819512007-03-19T15:48:00.000-05:002007-03-19T15:48:00.000-05:00@ anonymous1, thanks a lot, but it's okay: One sho...@ anonymous1, thanks a lot, but it's okay: One should never aspire to go where you're not welcome.<BR/><BR/>@ anonymous2, I guess I partially agree with you. Certainly class is a huge part of the problem, and I agree that assuming things can never change virtually guarantees they won't. But when you see incidents like the Paris, TX verdicts reported in the <A HREF="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0703120170mar12,1,1921178.story?coll=chi-news-hed" REL="nofollow">Chicago Tribune recently</A>, it's hard not to conclude that race still plays a significant role in creating disparities in the criminal justice system. <BR/><BR/>That said, @ Alan, I have to say if all the "white supremacy" rhetoric is what resonates with the Hip Hop crowd, that explains why Hip Hop has been utterly unsuccessful at galvanizing a youth political agenda despite its wide popularity. After all, far and away most people who buy hip hop records are white. best,Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-44010218508419295862007-03-19T14:41:00.000-05:002007-03-19T14:41:00.000-05:00Gee, this is a load of crap:“I don’t want to assum...Gee, this is a load of crap:<BR/><BR/>“I don’t want to assume that the law could be anything but malevolent [toward black defendants] given the influence of white supremacy."<BR/><BR/>To me this sounds like juvenile, ivory-tower stuff. If you assume the system can never be fair toward blacks, that inevitably becomes true because no one can even envision an alternative. Assume differently, and maybe there's a chance for change. No one can achieve any outcome they cannot visualize.<BR/><BR/>Besides, class, not race, generates most unfair outcomes in the criminal justice system: Ask OJ Simpson!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-21902560504227557092007-03-19T14:05:00.000-05:002007-03-19T14:05:00.000-05:00I'm surprised they didn't invite you, Grits. You'v...I'm surprised they didn't invite you, Grits. You've done a ton of stuff on this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com