After Drywall Powder Mistaken For Cocaine
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OVIEDO, Fla. (AP) – A Florida man spent 90 days in jail after police officers who stopped him for driving without headlights said white powder found in his car was cocaine.
But Karlos Cashe walked out of jail last week after lab results determined the powder in the handyman’s car was actually drywall.
Cashe tells WFTV he repeatedly told officers in Oviedo the substance was drywall. But after running a check they found he was on probation for marijuana and cocaine charges in 2015. Cashe says a K-9 alerted on his vehicle and an officer’s field test was positive for cocaine.
Court records show he was denied bond because he was accused of violating probation.
It took nearly three months for lab test results, which were negative for cocaine.
Law enforcement can be so jaded, dealing with the "guilty" all the time, that they cannot understand that the innocent can be caught in their net!
correct
police are minons
of an
INSANE
government.
It's a lesson to not get on the police's radar, if he had no prior history, they would have probably given him the benefit of the doubt. People with criminal records really have to stay sharp and avoid misunderstandings.
Yes but the law regarding drug use is quite stupid. You shouldn't have a criminal record for drug use
Unfortunately, drug use can too often lead to dealing, which is a violent business because of the money it brings in. With money, there is power and with power there is violence when it is threatened to be taken away.
That's why it would be better for drugs to be legalised and regulated
I just don't see how that could work in society in general. Drug use is already banned from any type of job so the only people taking it would be the elderly or the non working class. Drug use is also dangerous when over used. Look at the medical industry, the drugs it produces are abused and lead to a poor quality of life and many overdoses.
Putting people in prison for drug use makes things worse. Even if they aren't legalised, they should at least me decriminalised like they are in Portugal, where they treat addiction as a health issue rather than a crime.
Plus, drugs such as marijuana, magic mushrooms and LSD are safer than alcohol. And from what I've researched, cocaine isn't much worse than alcohol or cigarettes in moderation. So just because some drugs are illegal, doesn't mean they are any better than legal drugs.
I'd recommend reading these posts
https://mic.com/articles/110344/14-years-after-portugal-decriminalized-all-drugs-here-s-what-s-happening#.rNDVkn59k
https://steemit.com/science/@mateushism/how-dangerous-drugs-really-are
I wanted to put a bit more information in this comment and i know i didn't fully answer your points but i need to go to bed (and play insurgency)
So, make sure it's always you're first offense?
Strictly speaking, this was not an offense at all, but having a criminal record suddenly made the drywall something suspicious. Especially when you are without headlights, which might make the police think you are trying to hide.
The district courts are likely to grant qualified immunity on grounds that the cop had qualified immunity on grounds that in the false arrest case the police had probable cause (and certainly above the lesser standard of arguable probable cause, which In the 11th circuit (fl, ga, al) recognizes immunity to gov't officials). An invention made in the last 35 years or so that basically gives cops a go ahead to bully-even kill- just about anyone they please. It is the courts way of gutting civil rights laws of their teeth, and running afoul of international treaties (see iccpr art 2(3) and 9(5)).
This could happen to you, your kids, or your kids, your friends-It needs not even be about alleged drugs (which have included dried spaghettios, and vitamins)-but may very well include protected speech. Talk to your congressman about ending qualified immunity and that your right to seek a redress of grievances against abuses of government are an enforceable right in the court as they were since the Magna Carta until this modern era.
government is insane.
You've been upvoted and resteemed, love your work.
thank you.
stay tuned for
MORE
maybe we must do a clever test to cops before they arrest us :D
government is insane.
it
(and it's minions)
do NOT act logically
I knew! They're not "trying it" as the police do it in movies!
They'd better try it to be happier and less wrong :v
government is insane
well, it only means that so are the people who had chosen this government, right?
and only you, people, can choose another one
no more than you chose to have cancer.
government is a mental disease
(all of them...every single one)
caused by infection of a mind virus.
the only purpose of government is to collect taxes from one group of people and give it to another. What can be simplier? But they fail even in this.
Then they started making laws for us, as they claim. But these laws work mostly against us for their purposes
governemt has exactly the same purpose as the polio virus.
or cancer.
well, I'm planning to buy some pills :)
https://steemit.com/life/@stuffy/how-will-i-spend-my-first-steem-money
Always
Nice article!
very good choice of article
Sad for him but it is really hard not to Lol at the craziness of it.
He should receive restitution for the loss of pay, the loss of family time, and the humiliation not to mention the being locked up part! All over drywall.
Classic Statist Blunder, Unfortunate Private Citizen Victim. NAZI MERIKA, jailing and ruining non-violent offenders lives for over 100 years.
all governments are
INSANE
Amerika has no monopoly onit.
lol'd
Fucking TooLS...I don't care how jaded they are. If this guy wasn't sniffin it off his steering wheel while running over school children what business is it of theirs!? FUcking joke: America's Drug War.
yup
government is insane.
You stole time from a man that he will never get back.... ridiculous.
And how easy would it be for a police officer to snort the powder to see if it's cocaine? They need to investigate drugs properly before they charge. Would be better if they didn't charge for possession though.
it makes NO sense
that's the whole point.
government is insane.
smh, I thought they tested for drugs during the stop.
Three months for lab results is ridiculous.
At the federal level a judge could issue a summons instead of an arrest warrant, but municipalities love the arrest warrants because forcing ppl to plead guilty raises money for them. The delay is just long enough to ensure that a person stays locked up long enough to plead guilty, over 95% of criminal cases result in a plea deal. No such thing as a fair trial in the usa anymore.
I am in the Drywall business I have had employees get there car searched over there carreer choice but never arrested
government is insane.
And your a virgin, as a vet you are full of drugs you dont even knoyw of...snap put of it...psyop
I see your exiting your steem....where is you faith amigo...
Those that live by the sword , die by it