The DEA
Once Turned a 14-Year-Old into a Drug Kingpin. Welcome to the War on Drugs
By:
Nick Wing
Source:
Huffington Post
All children are raised thinking
cops are the ‘good guys’, they protect us and they follow all the rules to
enforce the law. However, what they are not being told is that the DEA pays off
informants who illegally find information to sell to the DEA. The fact that the
DEA is using informants illegally is not the worst part; most of these informants
have sold cops false information and have lied in the stand more than once. “The
"highest-paid snitch in DEA history" was also found to have lied
repeatedly in testimony. Despite his reputation, he recently resumed work with
the DEA.” (1) Some of these informants
have made a living off of selling the DEA, the people who are supposed to enforce
and project the law, information. Some informants are granted the right to
break the law and detectives simply do not log or record any of this
information. “The DEA allows informants to break the law, but have no records
as to how often it happens.”(1) After finding out that the DEA lets their informants
commit illegal action one would think that there are not many more lines to be crossed,
however one would be mistaken, the DEA promises informants citizenship and a
happy life here in the U.S., but does not deliver. The DEA continues to use and
expose sources given by informants with no intention of returning the favor. “The DEA strung one informant along for 20
years with the promise of citizenship. She still hasn't received it.”(1)
This may not be
world news or news that concerns the youth, who are not a part of the drug
world directly, but this article shows citizens of the United States of America
that our ‘justice system’ is corrupt. It goes to show that in today’s society
no one is to be trusted, not even those who are supposed to be our protectors. Not
all cops and DEA detectives are breaking the law, however is it still difficult
to know that there are those who abuse their power and put innocent people to
jail in hopes of earning a few dollars raise.
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