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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 07:12 AM
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Charges dropped over YouTube video
The Associated Press

SANFORD - Authorities have dropped charges in connection with a drug bust in Lee County after video of the crime scene appeared on YouTube.

WRAL-TV reported that an officer with the Sanford Police Department videotaped the bust. The video has been removed from the site, and the unidentified officer is no longer with the department.

Two men were caught with 1,000 pounds of marijuana and arrested Jan. 25. The marijuana was tracked from Mexico to Lee County.

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After the defense argued that the video should be admitted into evidence, all but one charge but was dismissed against the men, who were sentenced to probation and released with time served.


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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 07:15 AM
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1. The video must have showed the cops violating
rights.
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flashl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-24-08 07:22 AM
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2. After Rodney King et. al videos, I thought we couldn't believe our lying eyes. nt
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