Caught on tape: Cops talk about stealing man’s property over bag of weed

BS like this was the reason I moved out of that state. Good thing the mic was hot or we would have never have heard a thing about this incident.

cops abusing their power? this is completely new.

Uh, these guys are dicks

This is the Obvious result of Confiscation laws, which should be Eliminated. Police should Never be given Monetary Incentive to arrest someone because the power is Always inevitably abused!!!

Yet one more reason to demand decriminalizing drugs? Perhaps?

"...the backing of laws that permit wanton seizure of property if drugs are discovered." This is simply "Legalized" theft by "legal" thugs and criminals.

Did he say Police and Prosecutors get to KEEP what they seize?

So if you live in Michigan and some cop likes your car they can just come seize it and anything else they like........without even probable cause?

That's just SICK! I feel for the people of Michigan.
Time to RECALL a few of these SOB's and fire the cops who are on the take.

In the late 70 and early 80's I had a lot of friends that were Cops (Narc), their unmarked cars were always full of drugs. I once saw a Cops pick up truck full of something in the back covered with a bed sheet, I thought it was pine straw or something. The Cop lifted the sheet and I got a surprise, it was their Pot. They worked together and all of them were making a lot of extra money. They did finally get caught. I have never trusted the Police after seeing what they were doing. The Police are under payed and it is hard to keep them honest.

How far we have come in 40 plus years?

http://www.newsahead.com/preview/2009/07/14/united-states-14-jul-2009-nixon-war-...
UNITED STATES 14 Jul 2009 Nixon war on drugs 40 years ago

President Richard Nixon declared a war on drugs on 14 Jul 1969 in a message to Congress. It became the War on Drugs in Jun 1971. Hundreds of billions of dollars and 40 years later, drug consumption and profits are booming. In these desperate economic times in the United States, Washington could see better use for the billions of dollars spent on the drugs war and argue that it is not working.

Nixon pushed through the Controlled Substances Act of 1970. Since then fortunes have been built both legally and illegally on drugs. The prohibition, interdiction and incarceration industries can be expected to take aim if budget cutter approach the War on Drugs.

It costs the United States almost US $200 billion a year, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Include alcohol and tobacco-related costs along with health care, criminal justice and lost productivity and the figure exceeds US $500 billion annually. The Office of National Drug Control Policy notes that over US $19 billion was spent on the war on drugs by the federal government in 2003 alone.

In the dark ages , people (wealthy widows) were accused of witchcraft , all their property got taken by the church . War on drugs is the modern equivalent of the inquisition . Without public burnings . Just obscene length of incarceration.

if its a couple officers its probably all the officers remember Miami

shh ayipis, grownups are talking.

The war on drugs is just like all other wars......it's about making money.

"You can't legislate morality, but you sure can make a lot of money trying"

End the war on drugs.....a war on human consciousness

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Those cops sounded very Republican to me. /snark

Michigan does have a bad history for seizing property without probable cause. A very good friend of mine had his car taken away from him in the Detroit area when he got stopped for running a stop sign; he had no priors and no drugs were found in the car. The reason why they took his car was that they found a half joint in his ashtray and trying to get his car back took 6 months and thousands of dollars. He put in a job transfer, got the transfer and moved out.

Yet another good reason to legalize drugs. Why empower corrupt cops along with those who would break the law to profit from the import and sale of drugs?

I'd think the pretense of civility making drugs illegal is outweighed by the corruption and obvious enrichment (and therefore inducement) of those who would and do break the law.

This begs the question, are the unintended consequences of creating an extremely lucrative black market worse for society than the freedom to use the drugs themselves?

they won't go to jail...they won't even be convicted....poor guy.....I'll bet most of those cops smoke weed themselves....a failed system? you bet! what can we do? not much...and our president (who I voted for ) is more concerned with keeping the GOP happy than changing our country.....if the GOP wins in 2012 this type of thing will become common and accepted....and we'll all be their targets

How, can we keep the police themselves honest? This story is as old as civilization with formalized laws. But law enforcement corruption springs eternal. How do we police the police?

The sheriff of Nottingham (DEA) told his cronies (cops) it was ok so it has to be ok right? meanwhile the lords and ladies of the house and our elected kingship focus on the problem that really matters. What to do with all the money they got from the Church (Corporations). Meanwhile young Robin hood is no where to be found because they put him in jail for a joint the size of a tooth pick.

You think after all these years of a failed war on drugs, Americans would wake up as to what the hell they are allowing happen. If I hear one more gullible idiot complain about the deficit when billions of tax dollars are being wasted on people who choose to smoke pot, I'm going to SPEW!

just image what is NOT being recorded.

On an "anonymous" tip? Yeah, right.

Best part is, our taxes pay for these criminals'... um, cops.... to behave like this.

he's lucky they didn't take everything. am i the only sane one here
HE'S BREAKING THE LAW

And still the people allow this abuse to continue. Exactly what were the police protecting us from? Pot stem? I really wonder if they had probable cause at all or if it was a set up because some asshole neighbor didn't like the music.

a stem in the garbage wow,take all this money and time we spend on weed and put it to real use what the hell!!!is wrong with this world

and THAT little scenario
was just an accident of chance in a captured moment
the mind boggles at the vast, gross other scenarios passing by and by...

Wow how scary.
How easy it would be to plant evidence in anyones home.
Guilty before due process.
Guess we should be happy that we live in a nation of freedoms and laws. What a joke.

Why I'm shocked!
I'm shocked I tell you.

I hope they not only fire these ass cops, but I hope they send them to jail, which is where any citizen would end up if they tried to pull this shit.