A couple of members of the NYPD
apparently can’t read wrappers, and apparently don’t know the difference
between “rock” and “rock candy.” Love
Olatunjiojo and another man were stopped by NYPD officers who found “crystalline
rocks of solid material” – four blue and two red – according to the police
report (accurately describing Jolly Ranchers) that were still in their
wrappers.
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| "Rock candy" not "Rock" |
Instead of recognizing one of the
tastiest candies out there, they took the men in and threw them in jail for 24
hours before tests showed that the candy was what it claimed to be, candy. Not candy laced with drugs. Not drugs in a candy wrapper. Just candy.
Maybe they were taking Mayor Bloomberg’s war on sweets and sugar too
literally. Maybe they were just being
hard-asses. We don’t know what else was
said between the men and the police.
What we do know is that the cops have
been sued for civil rights violations. The
charges were dropped when the candy was found to be candy. The men claim “emotional trauma and suffering”
as a result of false arrest and imprisonment (anyone who’s been in a New York
jail can attest to that).
Story link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/10/21/love-olatunjiojo-lawsuit-jolly-ranchers-meth_n_4136227.html
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