Maraschino Cherry Mogul Kills Self As Cops Discover Huge Marijuana Grow
The owner of a historic maraschino cherry company in Brooklyn, New York, committed suicide at his plant Thursday morning moments after officers discovered a massive marijuana grow-up behind a false...
View ArticleFlorida SWAT Cop Guns Down Unarmed Man in Marijuana Raid
A Volusia County sheriff's deputy on a dawn SWAT team pot raid shot and killed an unarmed resident of the home Tuesday. Derek Cruice, 26, becomes the 10th person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleChronicle AM: NH Decrim Bill Advances, Fallout from Florida SWAT Killing,...
Decrim is moving in New Hampshire, Georgia families rally for medical marijuana, Louisianans will rally for Bernard Noble (13 years for two joints), roommates of a Florida man killed in a SWAT pot raid...
View ArticleFlorida Cops Sell Man Drugs in Sting, Then Gun Him Down
Police conducting an undercover, street-level, reverse drug sting in Putnam County, Florida, shot and killed one of their targets Friday night as he attempted to drive away from the scene. Andrew...
View ArticleBlack Maryland Man Killed Fleeing Bust, Cop Claims Suspect Tried to Run Him Down
A 37-year-old black Maryland man was shot and killed Wednesday by a Cecil County sheriff's deputy after being pulled over with a load of heroin. According to police, Terry Garnett, Jr. was attempting...
View ArticleFleeing California Meth Suspect Crashes Cycle, Has Gun, Is Killed
A man attempting to elude police on a motorcycle crashed his bike, then allegedly pulled a gun and was shot and killed. James Richard Jimenez, 41, becomes the 13th person to die in US domestic drug law...
View ArticleTwo More Drug War Deaths This Week
A Virginia man was shot and killed by police Tuesday after a drug investigation turned into a chase and confrontation, and a Florida man died Wednesday after swallowing drugs in a bid to avoid arrest...
View ArticleTulsa Meth and Guns Suspect Killed When Reserve Deputy Grabs Pistol Instead...
A Tulsa man targeted in undercover meth and gun trafficking investigations was shot and killed last Thursday by a 73-year-old reserve deputy who said he mistook his pistol for a Taser. Eric Harris...
View ArticleBronx Teen Fleeing Cops Over Marijuana Falls to His Death
A Bronx teenager has died two days after falling from the roof of a six-story apartment building as he fled police who were chasing a group of young marijuana smokers. Hakeem Kuta, 17, becomes the 17th...
View ArticleAnother Week, Another Pair of Drug War Deaths
A black New Orleans man was killed Monday after a traffic stop escalated into a chase and shootout, and a white South Carolina man was killed in a drug raid on his home Thursday, in the two latest...
View ArticleFlorida Man Dies After Eating Drugs to Avoid Bust
A Marathon, Florida, man died last week after apparently swallowing a bag or bags of drugs following a traffic stop turned drug bust. Clifford Green, 39, becomes the 20th person to die in US domestic...
View ArticleOregon Drug Fugitive Killed After SWAT Standoff
A Eugene man wanted for failure to appear on drug charges was shot and killed by Salem Police SWAT officers last Friday after repeatedly refusing to surrender. Mark Cecil Hawkins, 49, becomes the 21st...
View ArticleCalifornia Game Warden Kills Armed Marijuana Grower
A California game warden shot and killed a suspected marijuana grower during a raid early this morning at a federal wildlife refuge near Elk Grove. The as-yet-unidentified man becomes the 22nd person...
View ArticleTwo Mississippi Cops Killed in Traffic Stop Turned Drug Search
The two Hattiesburg, Mississippi, police officers killed last Saturday died after a traffic stop turned into an attempted search for drugs and other contraband. Officers Benjamin Deen and Liquori Tate...
View ArticleMay Drug War Mayhem: Five Civilians, Two Police Officers Dead in Separate...
Police enforcing the drug laws killed five people in separate incidents last month. The victims become the 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, and 29th persons to die in US domestic drug law enforcement operations...
View ArticleThree More Drug War Deaths in June
An Indiana man died after eating drugs during a traffic stop, an Ohio man wanted on drug charges was killed by police during a traffic stop, and an Oregon man was killed by police breaking up an...
View ArticleFour July Drug War Deaths
The recent drug war killing of South Carolina teenager Zachary Hammond is drawing national attention, but he wasn't the only one to be killed by police enforcing drug laws in the month of July. At...
View ArticleMemphis Cop Killed After Interrupting $20 Marijuana Deal
The Memphis police officer who was shot and killed last Saturday night died after approaching a vehicle and interrupting an apparent marijuana transaction. Officer Sean Bolton was shot in the head...
View ArticleChronicle AM: WY MedMJ Init Underway, DOJ Investigating Police Killing of SC...
CBD cannabis oil goes on sale in England, a medical marijuana initiative is getting underway in Wyoming, the Justice Department will look into the police killing of teenager Zach Hammond in a...
View ArticleAnother Handful of Summer Drug War Deaths
The August 19 death of a black St. Louis teenager shot by police executing a drugs and guns search warrant got national attention and sparked local protests, but it was by no means the only drug...
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