Brickbat: What Have We Here?

Former Centre, Alabama, police officer Michael Kilgore has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. According to the plea agreement, in early January 2023, Kilgore stopped a vehicle and found drugs. He offered the driver a chance to avoid charges by working for him. Kilgore contacted the driver about a week later and said he wanted to make a methamphetamine arrest. At Kilgore's direction, the driver planted drugs in a woman's car, then Kilgore pulled the woman over in a "sham" traffic stop and pretended to discover the drugs. Kilgore wanted to repeat the scheme about a week later, but his co-conspirator got rid of the drugs and reported Kilgore to an acquaintance in law enforcement.

Comments

[Vernon Depner]

I would support the death penalty for this.

[mad.casual]

Not quite there yet.

I need more information than just “Kilgore pulled over a female driver, pretended to find the drugs, and nothing else happened.”

Took criminal liberties (themselves) under color of law with the female driver? Absolutely hold him upside down, nail his feet to the wall and give him a good cut with a small knife around his head or shoulders and let him bleed to death.

Got called out by the woman, reprimanded by superiors, the case is pending, but likely to be thrown out? No death penalty. Make him break rocks for the next several decades until he’s paid off all the court fees.

[diver64]

Yeah, that's nasty but the driver just reported himself to the cops for having meth?

[Fist of Etiquette]

And I'm sure they yearned to throw the book at him.

[Sometimes a Great Notion]

No, the driver is suing Kilgore for false imprisonment alleging that they were victims of the same evidence planting scheme.

[ducksalad]

You mean it was like the Christmas fruitcake, an endless iteration in which each planting victim was coerced into planting on the next victim.

[Fist of Etiquette]

...his co-conspirator got rid of the drugs and reported Kilgore to an acquaintance in law enforcement.

lol

[Bubba Jones]

It seems that the distribution of the drugs is the least of this cop's offenses.

But I suppose it's the easiest to prove.

[AT]

Yea, that's not how a CI relationship works. What was this dude trying to get out of this? Head pats for drug busts?

Kilgore's co-conspirator discarded the narcotics and reported the scheme to an acquaintance in law enforcement, according to the plea agreement.

Yea, never trust a druggie. Ever. Drug users/peddlers are the slime of humanity.