|
Synthe
Gatorade me, bitch!


Registered: 11/10/12
Posts: 7,961
Loc: Three bags of Funyuns
|
NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints
#19231888 - 12/05/13 03:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Maybe he should try Tic-Tacs.
Just weeks after NYPD cops were accused of mistaking Jolly Ranchers for methamphetamine, a Brooklyn man claims cops thought his “Pow!” brand breath mints were Ecstasy pills — and tossed him in the slammer.
Ron Hankins, 46, was walking along Herkimer Avenue in April when a group of NYPD officers stopped to search him without cause, according to a Brooklyn federal court complaint.
Officers went through his pockets and found some loose white pellets and demanded an explanation, the suit states.
“Mr. Hankins explained to the officers that what they had found were mints and not drugs and asked the officers look at and smell them to confirm,” the suit states.
“He told them to break them up, to sniff them, to do whatever they had to do,” said Hankins’ attorney, Gabriel Harvis. “But they didn’t.”
Instead, Hankins was handcuffed and taken to a local precinct for possession of MDMA, also known as ecstasy.
After spending 30 hours behind bars, Hankins was eventually released, according to the suit.
He later demanded that prosecutors provide evidence that he was carrying ecstasy — but the raps were dropped in October.
“There are groups of people in this city who can carry as many breath mints as they want without being interrogated and arrested,” Harvis said.
“Fresh breath is not a crime. It’s unthinkable that mints from Walgreens could be confused for Ecstasy pills. All the officers needed to do was smell them. They’re wintergreen.”
http://nypost.com/2013/12/03/cops-mistake-mans-breath-mints-for-ecstasy-pills-suit/
--------------------
|
Camwritesgonzo
The Unflushable Stool



Registered: 06/09/12
Posts: 2,333
Loc: On Uranus
Last seen: 5 months, 24 days
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: Synthe]
#19231982 - 12/05/13 04:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Synthe said: Maybe he should try Tic-Tacs.
Same results, he'd just be arrested for possessing Xanax without a prescription. The end of the year is coming up, they need something to show that they're taking "criminals" off the street. They'll turn this booboo into a justified arrest. They may have to bust somebody the guy has met once in his life with a roach to get a guilt by association charge, but the cops are NEVER wrong.
-------------------- "I've always maintained that reality is for those who can't face drugs."-Tom Waits "I feel the same way about disco as I feel about herpes."-Hunter S. Thompson A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous, got me?
 
|
Deemstar
Doctor Deemstar



Registered: 10/11/12
Posts: 883
Loc: The void
Last seen: 15 days, 16 hours
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: Camwritesgonzo]
#19233219 - 12/05/13 06:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
God damn I hate when police officers enforce their will and operate outside of the law. It puts everybody in the scenerio in grave danger.
If a police officer searches you with no probable cause and without and your consent, it's an illegal search and you have every right to resist it.
If a police officer is operating out of law and your life is in immidiate danger you have the right to use deadly force. When is a cop not quick to draw a weapon in the event of resisting, even if one is lawfully resisting?
-------------------- Gnome-miii-odd JAH!!! Pasta-far-eye! R.I.P. Georgie poor G A.K.A. Jorgon Lucy
|
livenotonevil
Registered: 01/20/10
Posts: 1,209
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: Deemstar]
#19233367 - 12/05/13 07:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
My signature states my opinions on this...
-------------------- It is without question that the war on drugs is a failure. It has failed to prevent drug abuse. It has failed to keep drugs out of the hands of addicts. It has failed to stop drug overdoses. It has failed to keep drugs away from teenagers. It has failed to stop the violence associated with drug trafficking. It has failed to help drug addicts get treatment. It has failed to prevent the cultivation of marijuana and the making of illicit drugs. It has failed to halt the flow of illegal drugs into the United States.
|
Konyap

Registered: 06/30/07
Posts: 33,945
Loc: Planet Piss
Last seen: 4 years, 2 months
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: livenotonevil]
#19234692 - 12/06/13 12:35 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Ron Hankins, 46, was walking along Herkimer Avenue in April when a group of NYPD officers stopped to search him without cause, according to a Brooklyn federal court complaint.
|
SuperD
Cacti junky


Registered: 10/05/03
Posts: 6,648
Loc: The bridgesii bridge
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: Synthe]
#19235403 - 12/06/13 07:25 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Fresh breath is not a crime.
Not yet it isn't anyway.
--------------------
   D Manoa said: I need to stop spending all my money on plants and take up a cheaper hobby, like heroin. Looking for Rauhocereus riosaniensis seeds or live specimen(s), me if you have any for trade
|
gulper2323
Unknown Landscape Climber



Registered: 06/17/12
Posts: 1,282
Loc:
Last seen: 1 year, 10 days
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: Synthe]
#19235528 - 12/06/13 08:37 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Ban delightfully minty fresh breath
|
my3rdeye



Registered: 08/10/12
Posts: 4,354
Loc: Canada
Last seen: 2 years, 8 months
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: gulper2323]
#19235689 - 12/06/13 09:46 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
I bet he's not white
|
MilkdudTitties
My Nipples Look Like Milk Duds



Registered: 03/22/09
Posts: 3,796
Loc: USA
Last seen: 7 years, 5 months
|
Re: NYPD Arrests Man For Possession of Breath Mints [Re: Konyap]
#19235853 - 12/06/13 10:39 AM (10 years, 1 month ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Illyabo said:
Quote:
Ron Hankins, 46, was walking along Herkimer Avenue in April when a group of NYPD officers stopped to search him without cause, according to a Brooklyn federal court complaint.
The police are the biggest gang in the world
|
|