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Drug dealer: Cops leaned me over 18th floor balcony to get my password
If you want access to encrypted data on a drug dealer's digital device, you might try to break the crypto—or you might just try to break the man. According to testimony from a police corruption trial currently roiling the city of Philadelphia, officers from an undercover drug squad took the latter route back in November 2007. After arresting their suspect, Michael Cascioli, in the hallway outside his 18th floor apartment, the officers took Cascioli back inside.
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Ahh the Harlem Shake.
I'm with the whole 'cops are out of control' bandwagon, but I'm ok with this.
Now the question becomes, where do we draw the line? What if there was a wrong place wrong time scenario where the individual this happened to was innocent?
I'm not sure if I could draw a line. not without dedicating lots of time looking into different scenarios. Do I think the police in this situation overstepped their authority? probably, I'm not versed in the law. Do I think they did the right thing? Probably not, but they did get what they needed without physically injuring the drug dealer. Would I react differently if police responded this way to a 17 year old kid who got in a fight at a mall? definitely! That tells me that there is a line to be drawn. I don't condone the police actions in this scenario, but I don't abhor them either.
Isn't that essentially the problem with police today, they think they can do whatever they want and get away with it?