November 1996 Whitney Hall at Chico University was raided by SWAT teams and other police agencies. The entire raid, which netted several first semester freshmen, was caught on film as police tipped off the local media to the 7:30 am bust. The arrests were part of an uncover sting which began when police planted a phony freshman from the first day of school. The "agent is said to have participated in parties, buying and providing alcohol as well as having sex with some female co-eds.


5/26/97 Torrance California After a drug dealer was shot and killed by a single shot. Two men men were charged separately in the shooting . Both men were convicted by the same prosecutor, an hour apart from each other by two different juries. Records show that the same evidence was used to incriminate both men and the closing argument almost the same. The prosecutor says he didn't break any laws or rules of ethics and stands behind both convictions... I say an innocent man (perhaps two) has been rail roaded by both the system and the ego of a prosecutor that can't stand to lose.....

4/11/97 AMHERST, Mass. A pharmacy manager was looking over a customer's film when he noticed what appeared to be several men posing, and smiling, in front of marijuana plants. He called police, who used the photos to obtain a search warrant of the customer's home and found 10 plants inside. All five occupants of the apartment were charged with drug possession and intent to distribute marijuana. The pharmacy where the photos were spotted, CVS, did not return a telephone call seeking comment. But some questioned whether a manager should act as an arm of the law. A spokesman for the Photo Marketing Association, which represents photo retailers and processors, said the pharmacy went too far`We like to be moral people and all, and make sure to try and stop crime, but it's not the photo finisher's job to do that,'' Bill Lewis said.

1996-1997 Philadelphia Pa. Charges were dropped and convictions overturned for 193 (and rising) drug cases when it was found that a dozen different officers had planted evidence in order to make arrests. One officer is being charged with keeping upwards of thirty six thousand dollars in drug bust money...
January 1997 Several cases are being reviewed after it was found that several officers of the New York State Police had planted fingerprints and other evidence in order to secure convictions


December 5 1996 Three men were walking down an Oakland Pa. street when a marked cruiser screeched to a stop and officers with pistols drawn ordered them to drop to their knees, cross their ankles and place their hands on their heads. all three were searched and released with no charges filed.


Jan 16 1997 Michael Mosley a sergeant in the air force was stopped at a red light and question by several officers while his pregnant wife and two year old son sat in the cold pickup truck. A search of the truck turned up his service revolver, which was confiscated. The next day officers showed up at his brothers home where he was staying and arrested him on weapons charges and issued a traffic ticket for failing to stop for a sign. Officers offered to drop weapons charges if he pled guilty to the traffic charge. The revolver was not returned.


January 18 1997 A man answered his door to find thirteen officers, with weapons drawn bursting into the home. While searching the apartment Mondale Thomas a 17 year old youth came up from the basement where he and friends were playing. Mondale went into an asthma attack and his grandmother said he needed some fresh air. An officer kicked the door shut grabbed him a threw him against the wall and then on the floor causing his head to bleed. no charges were filed against anyone in the home.


December 15 1996 Five men were standing on a street corner in Pittsburgh Pa. at 11am when a police cruiser screeched to a stop near them, they were ordered to the ground. James Williams who had recently suffered gunshot wounds and was visibly bandaged said he couldn't comply due to his injuries an officer punched him in the face and threw him to the ground and handcuffed him. All five men were arrested and taken to jail for obstruction of a public highway. All charges were dropped at a preliminary hearing.

Grandmother Robbed Buying Pot

WINNABOW, N.C. At 53, Tinkey Mae Sullivan is a regular on the mean streets of Wilmington, where she ventures to buy marijuana. ``They wave at me when I go in there,'' she said Thursday, sitting in her double-wide mobile home in rural Brunswick County. ``They all call me Grandma.''

Usually Mrs. Sullivan goes alone to buy a quarter-ounce to an ounce of pot, which she says eases her rheumatoid arthritis and her other ailments. But a week ago, she decided to make a pot run with her 13-year-old grandson in the car. Both were robbed and attacked, and now police are considering filing charges against her from bringing the child along.

Police Detective O.D. Horton said police were shocked by Mrs. Sullivan's
actions -- most significantly, that she took her grandson with her.
``That's the issue I'm going to address first of all,'' he said.

Mrs. Sullivan, who with her husband has taken care of Chris since he was 3
days old, had him along while running errands March 26 because he had been
suspended from school.``I left the bank, and it hit my mind, `Why don't I just ride by there
and see if I can get some stuff,''' she said. Chris didn't know why she was there, she said.

She made the 15-mile trip to Wilmington and circled through the neighborhood,
then parked when two men indicated they had something to sell. Instead, they
jumped in the back seat and attacked Mrs. Sullivan and Chris, taking more
than $100 in cash, her grandson's wallet and her purse, wallet and credit
cards. She called for help from her cell phone.

Despite her harrowing experience and brush with the law, Mrs. Sullivan said
she won't stop using marijuana. Asked if she has any marijuana now, she shook
her head sadly. And when will she buy more? ``The first chance I get.''