[VIDEO] Howard Dean Doubles Down On Bizarre Trump Cocaine Accusation, Morning Joe Roasts Dean, Calls for Apology
Posted: September 28, 2016 Filed under: Entertainment, Mediasphere, Politics | Tags: Cocaine, Democratic Party, Donald Trump, Howard Dean, Morning Joe 1 Comment
Finally, if Trump had used cocaine right before the debate… wouldn’t he have been a little more energetic?https://t.co/geNi0mNGLE
— jimgeraghty (@jimgeraghty) September 28, 2016
Rogue Police Home Invasion: Marijuana Grower Shot SWAT Cops Who Kicked Down His Door, Jury Says They Don’t Blame Him
Posted: March 30, 2015 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, Law & Justice, U.S. News | Tags: Arrest warrant, Burleson County, Cannabis, Cocaine, Crack cocaine, Drug paraphernalia, Police, Search warrant, Sheriff, Special Investigations Unit, SWAT 1 Comment(CCN) Recently, there has been some talk about places that allow you to shoot officers if they are in the wrong when they enter your home. Our friends at The Free Thought Project write the following about the steps that one state has taken in this direction:
Indiana has taken action to “recognize the unique character of a citizen’s home and to ensure that a citizen feels secure in his or her own home against unlawful intrusion by another individual or a public servant.”
While Indiana may appear to be the only state to so publicly announce legislation that permits self-defense against rogue police home invasions, there are other courts which have ruled in favor of recognizing this right.
One of the most striking examples is that of a Texas man who says he was the victim of a home invasion in the middle of the night. But that home invasion was carried out by SWAT officers.
In the pre-dawn raid, that occurred on December 19th, 2013, Henry Goedrich Magee, like many residents of Burleson County, Texas, had a gun in the house. When Magee heard his door being broken down, he reached for his gun.
The police wanted to throw the proverbial book at him, but after hearing the evidence, a grand jury determined that Magee should not be charged in the shooting death of one of those officers.
The ruling was clear that Magee would not be charged with capital murder for the death of Burleson County Sgt. Adam Sowders, who was part of a SWAT team which attempted to raid Magee’s rural home, in the execution of a search warrant.
The officers did in fact have a warrant, but a key factor in the grand jury’s decision was that they did not knock before entering.
The warrant says that they were primarily looking for marijuana primarily, and also for illegal guns. Read the rest of this entry »
Delicioso y Estimulante Relleno! Cocaine-Stuffed Tamales Seized at Houston Airport
Posted: August 24, 2014 Filed under: Crime & Corruption, U.S. News | Tags: Cocaine, Drug Smuggling, El Salvador, George Bush Intercontinental Airport, Harbourmaster, Houston, New York, Tamale, U.S. Customs and Border Protection 1 CommentCan’t eat just one. RT @ABC Cocaine-stuffed tamales seized at Houston airport: http://t.co/LPSVJQW2D2 pic.twitter.com/c66UwRsqNA
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) August 24, 2014
Crackhead Apocalypse: Republican Freshman Congressman Picked up for Cocaine Possession
Posted: November 19, 2013 Filed under: Breaking News, Crime & Corruption, Politics | Tags: Cocaine, Florida, Radel, Southwest Florida, Superior Court of the District of Columbia, Trey Radel, Tuesday, Wednesday 2 CommentsM.K. Ham writes: It’s a misdemeanor charge, which seems like less than I’d imagine for cocaine:
Rep. Trey Radel, a Florida Republican elected in 2012, will be in court Wednesday on charges that he possessed cocaine.
Radel, 37, was charged with misdemeanor possession of cocaine in D.C. Superior Court on Tuesday.
He faces a maximum of 180 days in jail, as well as a fine of up to $1,000. Several sources with direct knowledge say it was the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration who were involved in the charges.
I’m interested to see how liberals react to this story. They’re ostensibly anti-drug war and oh-so-nonchalant about drug use, but how to resist knocking a Republican? The go-to is usually to cry hypocrisy, but Radel is a co-sponsor of a bill to give judges discretion on mandatory minimums.
Hong Kong Customs Nets Record Cocaine Haul, Seizing 60 Kilograms of the Drug
Posted: August 15, 2013 Filed under: China | Tags: Asia, Beijing, Brazil, China, Cocaine, Hong Kong, Hongkong, Illegal drug trade, Li & Fung, Mainland China, São Paulo, Smuggling, South America 1 CommentHong Kong customs seized a record haul of cocaine at its international airport this week, foiling two passengers who tried to smuggle 58 million Hong Kong dollars (US$7.5 million) worth of the drug in their luggage.
One 35-year-old man arrived Tuesday from São Paulo, Brazil, after transiting in Beijing with 48 kilograms (105 pounds) of cocaine wrapped in quilts inside his suitcases, the largest amount ever seized from an individual passenger in the city’s history. A 22-year-old female traveler on the same flight was also discovered to be carrying 12 kilograms of cocaine inside false compartments of four backpacks stowed in her suitcase. They two were arrested and charged with drug trafficking.
Not including Tuesday’s cases, customs officers have seized more than HK$50 million worth of cocaine at the airport this year, found sewn into jacket linings or stuffed into shopping bags and laptop cases. On Monday, airport customs officers found about HK$1.92 million worth of the drug inside layers of silicone rubber, which were in turn tucked inside handbags, two cushions and a wall map shipped by air mail from Uruguay.