Ladies and Gentlemen, our nation’s insane War On Drugs may have reached some sort of apotheosis with this story:
Two Philadelphia police officers have been charged with criminal conspiracy, robbery, kidnapping, unlawful restraint, false imprisonment, theft, and other related charges, according to officials.
Sean Alivera, 31, and Christopher Luciano, 23, allegedly robbed a supposed drug dealer of 20 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $24,000 as well as $3,000 in cash. It turns out that the man they thought was a drug dealer was actually an undercover officer.
So cops became criminals by stealing drugs from cops pretending to be criminals. Life is more like the Onion every day. It would be funnier, though, if it all weren’t for all the ordinary folks caught up in this mess.
(Hat tip: Bobby G. Frederick)
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