Corrupt officer says drug squad lied, stole, beat people

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press

Corrupt officer says drug squad lied, stole, beat people
| April 16, 2015

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Justice Department investigation of an aggressive drug squad within the Philadelphia Police Department will likely hinge on the testimony this week from a corrupt officer-turned-informant.

Jeffrey Walker says he lied, stole and beat drug dealers during his years with the undercover Narcotics Field Unit.

The 46-year-old Walker has been in prison since he was caught planting evidence and stealing cash in a 2013 FBI sting.

He now admits committing "thousands" of crimes while on duty.




Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/Corrupt-officer-says-drug-squad-lied-stole-beat-6203678.php

[hobbit709]

1. In other news water is wet.

[MosheFeingold]

5. The time is past for drug decriminalization

I think even a lot of Repugs are tired of it (e.g., Paul and the dumb governor from Texas whose name I forget).

[Fantastic Anarchist]

10. You're thinking of Governor Shitstain.

[Dont call me Shirley]

2. This seems like the basis for the character Mike on Breaking Bad.

He slipped so seamlessly into the dark side.

[Enthusiast]

3. This level of corruption simply cannot be limited to Philadelphia.

These cops are making a fortune.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

4. Keep in mind that everybody they busted stays in jail.

[Comrade Grumpy]

9. I don't think that's correct.

I know that hundreds of cases have been dropped, and I think people have been freed from prison, but I wasn't able to find a link to that in a quick search.

[Calista241]

6. Did anyone think this kind of stuff wasn't going on?

I mean, they may be cops but they're still human.

[Larry Engels]

7. They're "still human"?

It's "human" for someone to commit thousands of crimes while on duty?

No. Most humans do not do this.

[iscooterliberally]

8. Drug prohibition is a crime against humanity.

No, Richard Nixon, drug abuse is not public enemy number one. Public enemy number one is the agency that you created when you signed the controlled substances act into law. Drug squads are death squads, and thugs with badges.

http://www.drugwarrant.com/articles/drug-war-victim/

[jomin41]

11. absolutely!

It continues to flabbergast me how many inhabitants of "the land of the free" and of the "free-est nation on earth" and "home of the brave" still continue to support the governments right to control what citizens choose to put in their own bodies under threat of extreme punishments. Where there has been a reaction to mass incarceration, it's been on fiscal grounds, not civil rights grounds. It will take generations yet to calculate the true (enormous) cost of the still-ongoing drug war. Not just dollars, of course.

[iscooterliberally]

12. Welcome to DU!

I'm glad we're on the same page in regards to the drug insanity that has contaminated our government. Hopefully it will end soon.

[PeoViejo]

13. Training Day n/t