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Policing for Profit

Radley Balko | 2.28.2011 10:39 AM


Cops launch drug raid based on anonymous tip and a single marijuana stem found in the trash. End up raiding a home recording studio. Begin deliberations on how much cool stuff they're now permitted to take.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.

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