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NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks
    #18998554 - 10/19/13 05:28 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/stupid/jolly-ranchers-not-meth-765094

OCTOBER 18--A New York City man arrested this summer for possession of methamphetamine was actually carrying Jolly Rancher candies that cops mistook for a controlled substance, according to a federal civil rights lawsuit.

Love Olatunjiojo was busted in late-June after being searched by cops who approached the 25-year-old and a friend as they walked on a Coney Island street. According to a police report, officers seized six “crystalline rocks of solid material.” Four of the rocks were blue, while two were red.

As detailed in Olatunjiojo’s October 15 lawsuit (which does not specify monetary damages), he had stopped at the It’Sugar candy store before being approached by police. While there, Olatunjiojo and his friend “purchased various candies…including some ‘Jolly Rancher’ brand candies.”

Kenneth Smith, Olatunjiojo’s lawyer, told TSG that the Jolly Ranchers were in their “individual wrappers” when seized by police.

Olatunjiojo, who is of African descent, was charged with drug possession. He spent 24 hours in custody before being released on his own recognizance on the misdemeanor count.

A Criminal Court complaint alleged that officers seized a “quantity of methamphetamine” that field tested positive for a controlled substance. One of the arresting officers “has had professional testing as a police officer in the identification of methamphetamine.”

But the crystalline rocks purportedly containing methamphetamine were not illegal. Two days after Olatunjiojo’s arrest, the NYPD’s Controlled Substance Analysis Section performed lab tests that revealed they contained no controlled substances. A resulting lab report directed cops to notify the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office of the test’s negative results.

Despite that warning, the narcotics count against Olatunjiojo remained pending until a September 19 court hearing, when a prosecutor moved to drop the charge.

Olatunjiojo’s friend, who was also carrying Jolly Ranchers, was similarly arrested on a drug possession count, said Smith, who added that the criminal charge was subsequently dropped. A third man was busted for interfering with police as they arrested his two friends. That man, Smith said, exclaimed to cops that, “It’s candy!”

Olatunjiojo alleges that his false arrest, strip search, and unlawful imprisonment has resulted in “emotional trauma” and “severe mental pain and anguish.” (7 pages)


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: blckmynnse8]
    #18998597 - 10/19/13 06:08 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: blckmynnse8] * 3
    #18998780 - 10/19/13 08:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I hope he sues them well.


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: LiquidGlass]
    #18998782 - 10/19/13 08:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

The NYPD.....dumb as rocks. Heh. Get it?


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: chopstick] * 2
    #18999162 - 10/19/13 10:49 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Moral of the story...don't carry Jolly Ranchers if you're black in New York City


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: Can-i-bus]
    #18999398 - 10/19/13 11:48 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Can-i-bus said:
Moral of the story...don't carry Jolly Ranchers if you're black in New York City



First skittles and watermelon Arizona iced tea, now jolly ranchers?


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: blckmynnse8] * 2
    #18999848 - 10/19/13 01:50 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

American tax dollars at work


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: Into The Woods]
    #19000232 - 10/19/13 03:33 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

So my take away from this is that the cops either didn't do the reagent test, or it came back negative but they lied and arrested these guys anyways.  I also can't believe they are charging the guy who just said hay guyz that's just candy, but I suppose they felt like arresting him too so they had to justify it.


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: Synthe]
    #19000256 - 10/19/13 03:40 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Synthe said:
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Can-i-bus said:
Moral of the story...don't carry Jolly Ranchers if you're black in New York City



First skittles and watermelon Arizona iced tea, now jolly ranchers?



Only difference here is there's no evidence these guys did anything wrong.


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: dokunai]
    #19000263 - 10/19/13 03:43 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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So my take away from this is that the cops either didn't do the reagent test, or it came back negative but they lied and arrested these guys anyways.




Yes, of course. Because there's no chance they actually got a false positive.

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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: blckmynnse8] * 1
    #19000428 - 10/19/13 04:21 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

:youseethisshit:

And so begins the war on candy...


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: smurfbury] * 1
    #19000546 - 10/19/13 04:58 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Candy is bad... m'kay?


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: luvdemshrooms] * 1
    #19000570 - 10/19/13 05:03 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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One of the arresting officers “has had professional testing as a police officer in the identification of methamphetamine.”




whos teaching those classes? preschoolers?

fucking fire everybody.. jesus christ.


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: rackem]
    #19000713 - 10/19/13 05:36 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Four of the rocks were blue, while two were red




dude had the best flavors!  :goodburger:


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: luvdemshrooms]
    #19003019 - 10/20/13 08:33 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

I really don't think there is a chance it would have had a false positive. But this is what experimentation is for. Going to get some Jolly Ranchers and hit up a friend with a kit today The only test they really needed was to see if the "meth rocks" stuck to the wrappers when they tried to unwrap them anyway. What pathetic excuses for police.


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: Sulfurshelfsean]
    #19005545 - 10/20/13 07:39 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Man everyone know them blue rocks are the shit but i hear dem red meths is sweeping new york streets like crazy lately


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: Magick]
    #19006720 - 10/21/13 12:35 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: PsYcHoDoUgHbOy]
    #19012290 - 10/22/13 06:06 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

But was he makn lean?


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: dokunai]
    #19015544 - 10/22/13 07:25 PM (10 years, 4 months ago)

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Synthe said:
I hope he sues them well.





He would lose.  You can't sue the cops if they are doing their jobs in good faith.

The candy tested positive for drugs so the cop did exactly what he should have done - arrest them.

Does not matter if later the lab test shows that it is not a controlled substance.

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dokunai said:
So my take away from this is that the cops either didn't do the reagent test, or it came back negative but they lied and arrested these guys anyways. 





The problem is that the reagent tests are used to establish probable cause, however they are extremely unreliable.  If you do a reagent test on everything in your kitchen, you'll end up with tons of false positives.


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Re: NYPD Mistook Jolly Ranchers For Meth Rocks [Re: blckmynnse8] * 3
    #19017180 - 10/23/13 12:17 AM (10 years, 4 months ago)

Sometimes when I hear about police doing stupid shit like this, I wonder if maybe they were just trying to fill some imminent quota, knowing that they were falsely arresting somebody but not caring because they knew that even after the mistake was corrected, they had still filled their quota. 

Suing them isn't really a solution either - taxpayers' wallet.  There isn't really any solution to this.


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