Man Jailed After Drywall Powder Mistaken For Cocaine
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.
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
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.
Always
lol'd
very good choice of article
Nice article!