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Drug prohibition's filthy lucre tempts law enforcement (image via wikimedia.org}
Drug prohibition's filthy lucre tempts law enforcement (image via wikimedia.org}

This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

We've got sticky-fingered SWAT cops, we've got perverted probation officers, we've got smack-slinging uniformed police officers, we've got strung out, pill-stealing cops, and, of course, we've got crooked jail guards.
At least one Michigan legislator wants to know how often SWAT teams are deployed. (image via wikimedia.org)
At least one Michigan legislator wants to know how often SWAT teams are deployed. (image via wikimedia.org)

SWAT Reporting Bill Filed In Michigan

At least one Michigan legislator wants an idea of what SWAT teams in the state are up to.

Drug Warriors Gun Down Young Father (Opinion)

James Peron, President of the Moorfield Storey Institute, recounts the recent drug prohibition related death of a young husband, father, and Iraq veteran who was shot at 71 times by heavily armed men who then allegedly prevented medical assistance from being given until he was dead. The heavily armed men were from the Pima County Sheriff's Department. Another drug raid gone bad.
The Pima County SWAT team is under the spotlight. (Image courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Office)
The Pima County SWAT team is under the spotlight. (Image courtesy Pima County Sheriff's Office)

Tucson SWAT Team Kills Armed Homeowner in Drug Raid

In what looks like a drug raid wrong on many levels, a 26-year-old Afghan and Iraq war vet was killed by a Tucson SWAT team after his frightened wife woke him up to say there were intruders in the home and he grabbed a gun.
Jeffrey Wolfe was shot and killed in a dawn drug raid in Pennsylvania after police said he pointed a gun at them in his bedroom.
Jeffrey Wolfe was shot and killed in a dawn drug raid in Pennsylvania after police said he pointed a gun at them in his bedroom.

Pennsylvania SWAT Team Kills Meth Cooker in Drug Raid

A dawn drug raid in Pennsylvania ended with police shooting and killing a meth cook in his bedroom after they said he pulled a shotgun on them.
DA Leone couldn't come up with a criminal charge (Image courtesy Middlesex County District Attorney's Office)
DA Leone couldn't come up with a criminal charge (Image courtesy Middlesex County District Attorney's Office)

Police Officer Walks in Massachusetts Drug Raid Death

Oops, you accidentally shot and killed somebody. That sounds like involuntary manslaughter -- unless you're a Massachusetts SWAT team cop on a drug raid.
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