Last year a group of police raided a suspected drug dealer apparently on their own time and tried to force him to sign a consent to search form. What they didn't know was that his wife had started a tape recorder just before the came in.
That tape was released last month and is linked at the following page as well as a transcript and more detail on what happened. Be warned, the tape is about 40 minutes long and not easy to listen to at times.
http://www.theagitator.com/archives/026505.php#026505I don't hate police in general for this, what I hate is the damned drug war. It empowers people who never should have worn a badge in the first place, and risks corrupting some who may otherwise have been decent people. When you convince them they are in a fight for the lives of their kids, they can do about anything and feel justified.
The hysteria is costing us, and how many of these didn't have a tape running?