Indeed this little past production had international implications. The War on Drugs went into Bolivia where unarmed peasants were gunned down as the coca growers protested that they had nothing to do with crack…and wanted to grow for traditional uses without herbicides. I wrote about this in my book The Desperada Cowgirls in a lighthearted way but it is based on historical facts.
To this day, buying a 40-oz bottle of malt liquor (marketed to black people) is illegal in Florida, while buying 32-oz bottle (marketed to white people) is legal as can be.
They thought they were buying crack, so what does it matter if the cops were using seized crack or not? They are guilty either way. I don’t even understand why this would be illegal or unconstitutional.
Because if crack is illegal for civilians, it is also illegal for police. Can't cook it and sell it just because you're a cop. The only one who could get away with it is the President of the United States as long as he did it officially.
"the state making its own crack was better than using seized crack, because the seized crack might be full of all kinds of impurities, and what the police was making was the good shit"
Everyone is always lookin for "good shit," whether drugs, food, or whatever. Several lifetimes ago, the late 1970s early '80s, my spouse was a civilian employee of our local police department. I have to say that the best pot and Coke I ever tried (with a couple of exceptions) came from our friends who were LEOs. They knew good shit when they confiscated it.
I do have a question about the sting operation though, who gives a rat's ass if the Crack had impurities up the wazoo? I would imagine that the retail buyers -- the presumed targets -- were busted as soon as they were out of view of where the sting was occurring. Plus, I have yet to see much concern from the LEOs about the wellbeing of street-level users and addicts.
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"the Broward County police sold a lot, $20,000 worth, to thousands of people, for two entire years"
In today's dollars this converts to $53,162. Any drug slinger on the streets in 1988 who couldn't generate gross sales of less than $835 a month (or $2215 a month currently, a hair under a 40 hour workweek at $15/hour) would not survive for long.
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"33 years after the press first got wind of what the sheriff’s department was cooking up [pun intended?], and 31 years after the Florida Supreme Court threw out the first police-crack-factory guy’s conviction, can you believe 2,600 people still have convictions on their records? (Yes, you can.)"
So, the LEOs not only set up a sting operation, they entrapped users and the courts imparted long sentences on addicts, without concerning themselves in trying to bust the wholesalers. What else would you expect in the Free State of Florida.
I wish G-dess' speed for state attorney Harold Pryor. Personally, I doubt he will have much success in expunging the records of those who were caught up in this ill-advised, quasi-legal endeavor; he will be arguing his case before a court with very little regard for justice or humanity in general. The Florida court system is controlled by the RINOs in state government who obey DeSantis ("if you're woke, you'll get broke") like the MAGAdroids in Congress take their marching orders from the Fulvous Flatulence.
The penultimate Florida Man story.
We made crack! We sold it! Just like the CIA in ghettos! We shouldn't get prosecuted 'cause we're Good Guys! Who made and sold crack.
This contempt for the law flows from on high.
Wait, what? OMFingG! [Buries head in hands for the next 49,000 years.]
My local sheriffs just sell window stickers, I guess they aren't out of the box thinkers like those Florida police.
I'm not even going to read beyond the first paragraph. Idiots all around.
No wonder 2LiveCrew sang "Fuck Navarro!"
What the fucking fuck?!?
In the immortal words of someone, “If you build it, they will come”.
Somehow this reminds me of this quote. Could be the gummy.
Ta, Marcie. Damn, Florida is weird.
You have no idea, and it's gotten worse under Deathsantis.
Wth Marcie . That is nuts but is Florida , So makes sense to them . lol
Ah, yes. The party of law and order. I remember it well. Actually, not.
The most Flirida story that Florida ever Florida-ed.
Indeed this little past production had international implications. The War on Drugs went into Bolivia where unarmed peasants were gunned down as the coca growers protested that they had nothing to do with crack…and wanted to grow for traditional uses without herbicides. I wrote about this in my book The Desperada Cowgirls in a lighthearted way but it is based on historical facts.
To this day, buying a 40-oz bottle of malt liquor (marketed to black people) is illegal in Florida, while buying 32-oz bottle (marketed to white people) is legal as can be.
Obviously that 8 extra ounces was the difference between being an alcoholic bum and a social drinker.
It isn’t enough to pour out a hit for your dead homies.
99% of cops give the other 1% a bad name.
Personally, I already have a bad name for cops.
ACAB
I sense no lie.
Indeed.
They thought they were buying crack, so what does it matter if the cops were using seized crack or not? They are guilty either way. I don’t even understand why this would be illegal or unconstitutional.
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Manufacturing drugs? Entrapment? ACAB.
Because if crack is illegal for civilians, it is also illegal for police. Can't cook it and sell it just because you're a cop. The only one who could get away with it is the President of the United States as long as he did it officially.
"the state making its own crack was better than using seized crack, because the seized crack might be full of all kinds of impurities, and what the police was making was the good shit"
Everyone is always lookin for "good shit," whether drugs, food, or whatever. Several lifetimes ago, the late 1970s early '80s, my spouse was a civilian employee of our local police department. I have to say that the best pot and Coke I ever tried (with a couple of exceptions) came from our friends who were LEOs. They knew good shit when they confiscated it.
I do have a question about the sting operation though, who gives a rat's ass if the Crack had impurities up the wazoo? I would imagine that the retail buyers -- the presumed targets -- were busted as soon as they were out of view of where the sting was occurring. Plus, I have yet to see much concern from the LEOs about the wellbeing of street-level users and addicts.
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"the Broward County police sold a lot, $20,000 worth, to thousands of people, for two entire years"
In today's dollars this converts to $53,162. Any drug slinger on the streets in 1988 who couldn't generate gross sales of less than $835 a month (or $2215 a month currently, a hair under a 40 hour workweek at $15/hour) would not survive for long.
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"33 years after the press first got wind of what the sheriff’s department was cooking up [pun intended?], and 31 years after the Florida Supreme Court threw out the first police-crack-factory guy’s conviction, can you believe 2,600 people still have convictions on their records? (Yes, you can.)"
So, the LEOs not only set up a sting operation, they entrapped users and the courts imparted long sentences on addicts, without concerning themselves in trying to bust the wholesalers. What else would you expect in the Free State of Florida.
I wish G-dess' speed for state attorney Harold Pryor. Personally, I doubt he will have much success in expunging the records of those who were caught up in this ill-advised, quasi-legal endeavor; he will be arguing his case before a court with very little regard for justice or humanity in general. The Florida court system is controlled by the RINOs in state government who obey DeSantis ("if you're woke, you'll get broke") like the MAGAdroids in Congress take their marching orders from the Fulvous Flatulence.
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