Bad Chicago Drug Cops Busted: More Corruption from the War on Drugs

FAILED DRUG WAR PRODUCES MORE “ROGUE COPS”

From 4 Chicago ex-cops say they invaded homes, stole:

Four former members of an now-disbanded Chicago police unit admitted Friday to taking part in a brazen scheme in which they barged into homes and stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from suspected drug dealers and others—once after withholding insulin from a diabetic man until he told them where to find the cash.

This is only a tiny portion of the corruption made possible by the Failed War on Drugs. It’s good that these cops were busted–but there’s countless others still working the streets.

More on what the press will refer to as “rogue cops”, but are merely cops corrupted by the distorted market prices of the Failed War on Drugs.

The four stood quietly as a prosecutor read a 17-page synopsis of what they admitted to, providing a glimpse into a rogue operation in which officers pulled over motorists without cause, grabbed their keys and stormed into their homes, falsified reports, pocketed huge sums of money and even shook each other down for money.

It’s all about the money to some who police the streets. And the Failed Drug War makes sure that the sums are astronomical. It’s all money up in smoke that’s wasted in the 40-year failed social experiment that’s labeled “The War on Drugs”.

And that doesn’t begin to count the human costs of years wasted by otherwise-productive member of society spent in jail on drug crimes–now the most prevalent reason for incarceration in the USA.

Some of those are put away on trumped-up charges, as this story illustrates.

To these not-yet-apprehended bad cops, “Serve and Protect” refers to their bank accounts.

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Originally posted at FLASH Headline News: Failed War on Drugs: Bad Chicago Drug Cops Busted