Usually, people think it is fine to do whatever is needed to catch \u201cthe bad guys\u201d. However, lest we forget, those bad guys have rights.<\/p>\n
Sunrise, Florida is the scene of a recent story about the nearly unprecedented lengths to which police will go to catch and arrest drug dealers. The city’s narcotics unit routinely lures lower-echelon drug dealers, also called middle-men, from surrounding areas, then busts them for involvement in illegal activities\u2014activities set up by the police. Of late, the most common of these stings is the sale and purchase of cocaine.<\/p>\n
According to local media reports, the Sunrise narcotics division has been trolling online to lure middle-men to Sunrise, community of commuters considered an offshoot of Miami. Police offer to negotiate large purchases of cocaine as bait, then suggest highly public locations like restaurants, including the ubiquitous McDonald\u2019s. Most of those arrested in these stings have not been from the local (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Usually, people think it is fine to do whatever is needed to catch \u201cthe bad guys\u201d. However, lest we forget, those bad guys have rights. Sunrise, Florida is the scene of a recent story about the nearly unprecedented lengths to…<\/span><\/p>\n