This sucks. I don’t know how else to say it. In my state, (which has progressive drug laws), possession of a nominal amount of cocaine or heroin (even residue), is a class C felony. So it must be much worse in Florida, where I’m sure it is also at least a class C felony.
This thug is handing out life sentences to “mouthy drivers, street lawyers, assholes and just anyone else trying to make his job difficult”, and then bragging about it. A felony charge in America today means doing the following for the rest of your life (unless you are one of the few lucky enough to afford expungement after at least seven years): begging for substandard jobs and having to supplicate yourself and beg for forgiveness at every job interview, having to settle for, and even beg for substandard housing rental if you can’t afford to own, being outright barred from a substantial percentage of employment, being viewed with suspicion by law enforcement in every future run in, being barred from student financial aid because it’s a drug felony, and loss of firearm ownership. All because this officer developed a personal vendetta within a few minutes of meeting an individual.
Police thugs doing this are in the same category as the worst type of sociopath predator, and should be dealt with accordingly.
Edit: Even if the source of this report is of questionable merit, even if the individual whose behavior we are discussing turns out to be a fraud, the behavior being reported is well documented and widespread in certain police departments. Even if this individual report turns out to be fraudulent, the discussion generated from it is still valid in my opinion. I live in a very progressive city, and we have had at least two officers in the last decade caught using planted evidence to coerce women into sexual relationships (including coercion of their significant others into silence after they discovered the rape and abuse). I say ‘at least’ because there have been other reports, and getting the ‘Bro Co.’ to investigate itself is a laughable proposition. It took years of reports and extremely sloppy criminality by the two officers before anyone would even raise an eyebrow. The officers’ behavior was well known within the department, including by the chief of police, and still continued with several women for several years before being disciplined.
I’m sure that within police departments this is their favorite little ‘trick’, as ultimately, planted evidence, especially done expertly, is virtually impossible to defend against in a court of law, as it boils down to your word against the cops, and good luck with that.
