Thread: Border Violence Spreads North to Dallas

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June 19, 2005, 11:33AM

Border violence spreads north to Dallas
Associated Press

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"Dallas is the new Miami for transiting drugs," said Jordan, former head of the DEA's El Paso Intelligence Center, which studies the drug trade. "Drug traffickers kill for I-35."

Phil Jordan is RIGHT. Dallas is the place to get drugs in TEXAS. Can't get it in Mineral Wells? Drive to Dallas. This is not Larry Hageman's ranch.
Aunt Bee and Opie dare not sit out on the front porch with their cookies and iced tea. Juan rules now. And the Dallas Police Department? The most corrupt law enforcement agency in this state, if not this NATION.
Look up information on the fake drug scandal in the DPD. Check out the number of "officers" that have been fired, suspended, and INDICTED in the last two years. I live in Cedar Hill, so I don't care WHAT happens to Dallas or the people(except for 5) that live there.

Dallas Police Department needs makeover
By Bobak Mosharaf
Published: Friday, March 4, 2005
Article Tools: Page 1 of 2

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There has been a need for cleaning up in the Dallas Police Department in recent years. The city has battled with issues of corruption in its narcotics division since a scandal began in 2001, as reported by the Dallas Morning News. Multiple Dallas narcotics policemen were entangled in a complicated scheme, in which informants planted fake drugs on their predominantly Mexican victims. Fictitious drug busts followed.


Several months after innocent targets were indicted for drug dealing and sent to jail, tests revealed that the "drugs" were nothing more than ground up sheet-rock or billiard chalk. In many cases, the wrongfully accused languished in jail until later court dates. For considering these suspects guilty until proven innocent, contrary to our nations policies, all the police officers associated in this scandal should be firmly prosecuted.

A large number of drug cases in Dallas ended up being dismissed after the corruption was exposed, and now many of the victims of police corruption are being paid anywhere from $100,000 to $500,000 for their grief. The City of Dallas is to pay more than $5.5 million in order to settle federal lawsuits over the fake-drug scandal, but even the victims who ended up benefiting financially from the scandal are saying that the more important issue is the punishment for corruption and negligence in the police department.

Democracy is jeopardized when crimes are punished in different ways or to a different extent within the same system. Far too often, assumptions rule the process of American justice. Police are quick to assume that whatever evidence they find is legitimate enough to indict a minority or someone of lower economic status. The courts assume that some cases are open and shut, while others aren't even worth opening. The privileged are innocent until proven guilty, while poor minorities remain guilty until proven innocent.

Fortunately, the scandal has lead to some positive changes within the Dallas Police Department. Several new policies outlining proper procedures for narcotics officers were enacted: All seized drugs are sent to the lab immediately for analysis, prosecutors will not seek to indict a suspect until the lab results are completed, the police chief will be notified of any payment to an informant greater than $1,000 every three months, audits will be performed on funds used in DPD narcotics cases and narcotics officers will receive additional training in conducting field tests on drugs. Even though the Dallas Police Department has taken significant strides in compensating the victims of the scandal and revising its policy to prevent similar events in the future, the main issue is equal protection. Prevalent discrimination and an underlying principle of profiling in the United States justice system have been exposed. The sense of justice that condemned victims in the fake-drug scandal was quick, neglected several existing policies and due processes and was slow to indict any of the involved narcotics detectives.

The result of all this, if not correctly addressed, is chaos. Unless America's big cities make clear, long-term steps towards ensuring equal protection at the police department level, and reducing the practices of discrimination and profiling, then the United States cannot hope for any justice or tranquility. The existence of police injustice can easily lead to the rise of street justice, as the Los Angeles riots of 1992 demonstrated. Dallas seems to be somewhat aware of this, as the city has made an attempt to redeem itself for the actions of its police department. But it still has a long way to go to create truly equal protection in the big cities of America, and the next step is to hold guilty narcotics officers legally responsible for their actions.

Sixx says: I am driving down the street and I see two people laying on the ground with multiple gun shot wounds. I go through their pockets and find out one is Osama Bin Laden and one is a dallas police officer. Both are unresponsive and need CPR started. It is my call. OBL gets the CPR and the cop gets NOTHING. I get the reward and retire to an undisclosed location!!!

AFTER ALL THE YEARS OF 'DRUG INTERDICTION'...ALL THE LIVES LOST...ALL THE BILLIONS SPENT...CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT THE DRUG PROBLEM IS ALIVE AND FLOURISHING??

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