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Immigration See other Immigration Articles Title: Former drug officer launches 'KopBusters' TV show Barry Cooper, a former Texas police officer with eight years of specialty in drug interdiction, first made waves when he released the film "Never Get Busted Again," a how-to guide for evading police drug seizures. Austin, Texas-based Cooper's latest project is not nearly so benign, and will likely generate for the former drug warrior an army of enemies in law enforcement. 'KopBusters' is a reality TV program that aims to sink crooked officers. "KopBusters rented a house in Odessa, Texas and began growing two small Christmas trees under a grow light similar to those used for growing marijuana," claims a release from NeverGetBusted.com "When faced with a suspected marijuana grow, the police usually use illegal FLIR cameras and/or lie on the search warrant affidavit claiming they have probable cause to raid the house. Instead of conducting a proper investigation which usually leads to no probable cause, the Kops lie on the affidavit claiming a confidential informant saw the plants and/or the police could smell marijuana coming from the suspected house." "The trap was set and less than 24 hours later, the Odessa narcotics unit raided the house only to find KopBuster's attorney waiting under a system of complex gadgetry and spy cameras that streamed online to the KopBuster's secret mobile office nearby. "The attorney was handcuffed and later released when eleven KopBuster detectives arrived with the media in tow to question the illegal raid. The police refused to give KopBusters the search warrant affidavit which is suspected to contain the lies regarding the probable cause. "It is not illegal to grow plants under a light in your home but it is illegal to lie on an affidavit and plant drugs on a citizen. This operation was the first of its kind in the history of America. Police sometimes have other police investigating their crimes but the American court system has never dealt with a group of citizens stinging the police. Will the police file charges on the team who took down the corrupt cops? We will keep you posted." Cooper's "Never Get Busted Again" was a runaway success, the sales of which serve as financial support for this most recent project. "The drug war is a failed policy and the legal side effects on the families are worse than the drugs," Cooper said to the Dallas Observer in early 2007. "I was so wrong in the things I did back then. I ruined lives." Click on link for the 'Kop Busters' sting was the feature of a CBS 7 report, aired Dec. 4, 2008.
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#7. To: Ada (#0)
If Cooper upsets CIA-connected distributors or protection agents he'll be murdered for sure. And, he may even be targeted by ordinary cops who'll take up a collection for the hit. The Louisiana cops who were featured spending "suspected drug money" at Aspen ski resorts and many other highwaymen who benefit from the present "drug war" would want to see honest cops who expose the hypocrisy of drugs dead. Alcohol Prohibition was the same way. The money corrupted everyone from judges to kids on the streets and anyone who wanted a drink could get it. The people who forced congress to repeal the 18th amendment (with the 21st) agreed that alcohol was bad-but having bullets whizzing past their heads as UNTOUCHABLES (or cops who were protecting one racketeer's turf from another) shot it out with bootleggers on Main Street was worse!
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