This is as good a place as any to post this. As a person who has quite a few family members in law enforcement, I find it deplorable what these "cops" did to those kids. I'm aware of the story and sadly it's going to take a miracle to help these 3. When the tires of stupidity hit the road status quo at any velocity, the results are seldom good. A few years ago, 60 minutes did a piece on this sheriff's dept somewhere in the deep south that would pull cars over to check for cocaine smuggling. When they couldn't find any coke, they would analyze people's money for TRACES of cocaine. I'd recently read somewhere were 75% or more of America's paper currency is infused w/some traces of narcotics. The town had laws in place that would back up the deputies and allow them to impound the vehicles and imprison if a positive came back in any form. It was like something straight out of the Dukes of Hazard, but finally people had had enough. It became obvious that they were targeting people w/nice cars etc etc, a real kangaroo court. I think episode ended w/60 minutes taking a dollar bill from the Sheriff himself and doing the field test he'd use on others and guess what? His own money tested positive, by his own laws, he could be thrown in jail for possession.

Thank you for posting this tragic story MissingK8.

I have never heard of this story and events.

It's frightening how we assume that staying the straight and narrow and minding our own business should be enough to ensure a happy life in this 'land of the free,' only (now) to become aware that events such as these can snatch our freedoms right from us, by agencies put in place to protect and preserve those freedoms.

I've been mindful of recent cases in my area where people are being convicted on what would seem to be the flimsiest evidence.

It's either a vendetta against those who don't fit society's perfect mold or convictions for convenience sake because LE doesn't have a clue or have botched it and need a patsy to feign competence.