America’s War on Drugs, Gone Wild!

I originally posted the following information and commentary onto my Facebook wall…

Gale Griffin and her husband, Wendall Harvey, a married, truck-driving team, who were falsely imprisoned for two months when police discovered baggies of baking soda in their truck at a vehicle checkpoint

Gale Griffin and her husband, Wendall Harvey, a married, truck-driving team, who were falsely imprisoned for two months when police discovered baggies of baking soda in their truck at a vehicle checkpoint

Arkansas Couple Spends 2 Months in Jail After Cops Mistake Baking Soda for Cocaine:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/cops-mistake-baking-soda-cocaine-jail-couple-2-months-article-1.2879080

(Meg Wagner) A truck-driving couple spent two months in jail and lost their jobs after Arkansas police mistook a plastic baggie full of baking soda for a hefty supply of cocaine.

Gale Griffin and her husband, Wendall Harvey, who haul explosives for the U.S. military, said they were detained for eight grueling weeks while they waited for a lab to overturn the in-the-field drug test that detected illegal drugs in their truck.

“We both didn’t think we were going to get out at all,” Griffin told KATV.

(Read entire article here…)

My Commentary: Sickening…

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