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Title: Cops Force Student to be a Snitch — Found Him With a Bullet in His Head and Rocks in His Backpack
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/an ... informant/#irH6K7Wjok1WC5zi.99
Published: Jul 5, 2016
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2016-07-06 07:46:01 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 1984
Comments: 19
Fargo, ND — For a tiny bit of pot, cops sent a young college student to his death in their immoral pursuit of the war on drugs. Andrew Sadek, a top college student in North Dakota, was caught selling $80 worth of marijuana. Because this pot was sold on a school campus, police sought to charge Sadek with serious felonies. They threatened him with 40 years in prison and a $40,000 fine — for a plant. However, police had no intention of seeking those charges, as they knew they could force Sadek to become a snitch for them. The interrogation room video shows Chief Jason Weber telling the dejected Andrew, who lost his older brother in a train wreck, that he faces up to 40 years in jail. Weber, experienced in deception, tells Andrew that he can “help himself” by becoming a confidential informant. Andrew had to buy drugs from three other people to preserve his freedom, and keep everything an absolute secret. With no training or protection, Sadek was sent to his death by cops who couldn’t care less. After Andrew went missing, family and friends pleaded on camera for his return and held prayer vigils, but he never returned. Andrew was found dead in a river with a bullet through his head and his backpack full of rocks. Sadek’s parents filed a lawsuit last week, exactly two years after their son was found. According to the AP, an autopsy concluded Sadek died of a gunshot wound to the head but the manner of death was “undetermined,” according to the complaint brought by John and Tammy Sadek. Their suit names as defendants Richland County Sheriff’s deputy Jason Weber, who was part of the task force, as well as the county. It says the defendants failed to train Andrew Sadek to perform undercover operations and failed to “reasonably supervise” him. “We filed the lawsuit today, two years from the day Andrew’s body was discovered, hoping to achieve accountability for those who put Andrew in harm’s way,” said Tim O’Keeffe, one of two Fargo attorneys for the Sadek family. 60 Minutes aired the program on Dec. 7, describing how law enforcement across the country coerces young people, just starting their adult lives, into becoming confidential informants in the drug war. This sickening practice, largely kept secret, turns good people into liars and puts them in deadly danger. The report profiled two victims of different state governments, Sadek being one of them. Both states still have draconian drug laws, even as marijuana legalization is sweeping the nation. Rachel Hoffman, 23, was a Florida State graduate who got busted with marijuana and a few pills of Ecstasy. She would also fall victim to this immoral practice. Cops at the Tallahassee Police Department told Rachel she faced four years in prison, or she could help them carry out their biggest drug bust in recent history. Rachel, the girl who just liked to get high, was given $13,000 to buy 1,500 Ecstasy pills, 1.5 ounces of cocaine and a gun. The cops undoubtedly assured Rachel that she would be safe, as they had staged a 20-man team at the site. But when the dealers changed the location and got in her car, likely knowing that cops use informants, the cops lost her. The dealers found the wire in her purse and shot Rachel five times, leaving her body in a ditch and stealing her car and credit card. Undercover narcotics officer Brian Sallee seems to have no remorse for such collateral damage, as he gleefully instructs eager cops on how to take advantage of people like Rachel so they can fill prisons and steal assets. Sallee attempts to justify the fact that confidential informants are being put in danger by asserting that they are already in danger by dealing drugs. This, of course, is false in many cases, as evidenced by Rachel Hoffman, who the family’s attorney says was “just a pothead.” In order to get young people like Rachel and Andrew to carry out cops’ dirty work, law enforcement uses tricks to avoid any part of the law that could hamper their deceptive tactics. When asked if he tells young informants that they have the right to talk to a lawyer, Sallee happily said, “No. I do not. I tell you you have a right to talk to a lawyer if I’m going to ask you incriminating questions. If we’re talking about your becoming an informant, I don’t have to tell you that you have a right to a lawyer.” The important part is for these drug war order-followers to trap kids before charging them and without arresting them. Cops like Sallee will tell them that they face prison time even when this is not true. In most cases, the kids would be diverted to a drug court and undergo probation for up to a year, then have the cases dismissed. Although being used as a confidential informant can leave young people traumatized, suicidal or dead, in most states there is no law against it. “No age limits on who can become a C.I., no rules about how, or even whether, informants must be trained, no guidelines on their protection.” The remorseless Sallee estimates that there are probably 100,000 confidential informants working with law enforcement in the U.S. He also believes that their actions are completely voluntary. “They have agreed to do what they are doing in exchange for something. That’s the bottom line. When somebody comes to work for me as an informant, it’s their decision,” said Sallee. Not true, says attorney Lance Block. “It’s not something that college kids are standing up, saying, “I wanna be a CI.” It’s not voluntary. They’re being told they’re looking at prison time unless they agree to do deals for the police department.” How anyone could consider it a voluntary act is bewildering and infuriating, but that is the cognitive dissonance that an order-following drug war soldier must possess. One former confidential informant told 60 Minutes, “It felt like I had a gun to my head. They almost convince you that — that you’re guilty. I was just so scared, I was just putty in their hands.” A student at Ole Miss was entrapped by two other confidential informants, one dropping off LSD at his house and another picking it up. That innocent part of a fabricated crime brought terror to the hapless victim, who, after being coerced into a snitch, was repeatedly threatened over the phone for not turning in other people fast enough. Attorney Ken Coghlan describes how schools like Ole Miss, which has an entire office devoted to creating confidential informants, create a vicious cycle of kids entrapping other kids. At Ole Miss, the victimized students are supposed to turn in ten others. Coghlan said, “They don’t know 10 drug dealers. And they’re so desperate, they will go to their friend or their roommate or their frat brother, and they know this person smokes marijuana. And they’ll say, “I’m out of weed. Can I get 10 dollars’ worth of weed from you?”” Keith Davis, the former head of the Ole Miss Metro Narcotics Unit resigned after he was caught on tape violently threatening another confidential informant. It’s no wonder the cops are so greedy to catch more kids, as the factory farming of confidential informants is a lucrative endeavor for them. Just like civil asset forfeiture, this repugnant game brings more money into the coffers of police departments. The more arrests, the more grant money. With all of these young people being preyed upon by the state, the more startling fact is that statistics are unavailable on how many are involved, or how many get killed doing it. “Law enforcement is loaded with statistics. But you cannot find out any information about the number of confidential informants that are being used across this country, much less the number of people who are being killed or injured. It’s a shadowy underworld, is what it is,” said Block. Most of the young lives swept up into this nightmare are there because of marijuana, which is legal in 4 states and medicinally legal in 23 states. Andrew Sadek’s parents had no idea their son was a confidential informant until his death. They were astounded that cops would stoop to such depths of immorality. “We’ve never heard of such a thing, you know—using college students as snitches,” said Andrew’s father, John Sadek, who lost his only other son to the depravities of the state. Attorney Lance Block is now an advocate against using young people busted with small amounts of drugs as confidential informants. “There’s no parent that I know of who would allow their child or want their child to serve as a confidential informant. Yeah. I mean, it’s too dangerous. No, I wouldn’t want my child to do it. These kids are being recruited to do the most dangerous type of police work. They’re going undercover, with no background, training, or experience. They haven’t been to the police academy.” None of this matters to drug war soldiers like Chief Jason Weber, who said: He believes that not coercing young people into their secret, deadly service would mean they are “losing the war on drugs.” Lesley Stahl, the 60 Minutes reporter, deserves much respect for trying to point out to Weber the absurdity of using young, small-time weed dealers for this dangerous crusade. But he need only shut out the human capacity for questioning. “They make our jobs easier.”
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#1. To: Deckard (#0)
So, was he depressed because of this and that was why he chose to be a drug dealer? Who knows ...
Cops don't care whose lives they ruin in their "holy" jihad. And enablers like you are partly responsible for this college student's death. Shame on you! No guilt transference heading my way, Sport. I didn’t make the kid decide to become a DRUG DEALER. People always have choices in life, and we are exercising them every day, every minute, every second of every day. The kid made some bad choices. He CHOSE to become a DRUG DEALER, and that was a bad choice. With a .22 caliber pistol missing from his home and the backpack filled with rocks, he apparently made another bad choice.
Yet you support the greedy, corrupt cops like the ones in this article who badgered a kid into being a snitch which ultimately led to his death. You and the rest of the drug warriors bear some responsibility for the kid's death - whether you admit it or not. You DO NO KNOW the cops "badgered" this kid. You only know what the author said happened, and that happens to be something you want believe....ergo, you believe it.
The kid is solely responsible for the actions he took in his life. It is tragic that he took the wrong actions. The message here is DON'T BECOME A DRUG DEALER. A message many irresponsible people who are always to quick to place blame on the wrong thing and condemn without knowledge....fuck up.
Your glorious jihad on small amounts of marijuana is what led to Andrew Sadek's death. He had $80 worth of marijuana. That's less than one ounce. Possession 1 oz or less - Misdemeanor. 30 days incarceration. $ 1,500 fine The cop lied to him and said it was a felony. The interrogation room video shows Chief Jason Weber telling the dejected Andrew...that he faces up to 40 years in jail. Weber, experienced in deception, tells Andrew that he can “help himself” by becoming a confidential informant. "Experienced in deception", otherwise known as a habitual liar. Hey, Sport, you are dumber than the dumbest when you don’t even read the articles you post. I have pointed this out to you before. From your article: What is it about caught SELLING that your pea brain cannot comprehend? It was not possession of marijuana….it was the sale of marijuana. Ergo: The cops did NOT lie. You just lied when you said they did. Gawd, I hate a coward who hides behind lies.
You and the rest of the drug warriors bear some responsibility for the kid's death - whether you admit it or not. Actually it is your fault. He read that you said it was ok. So he did drugs because of people like you. Then a drug dealer killed him. Someone you admire killed him. Next you will be wanting to let the actual murderer off the hook because those bad police made him do it. You get dumber with each passing day.
The cops did NOT lie You'd like to believe that, wouldn't you? Because this pot was sold on a school campus, police sought to charge Sadek with serious felonies. They threatened him with 40 years in prison and a $40,000 fine — for a plant. Go fuck yourself. Grow a frigging brain. It is also your fault when people overdose on heroin. Or when a father spends his money on weed instead of rent. It is your fault when someone smokes crack instead of spending money on groceries. Your fault and other people who hold other stupid opinions such as yourself. Don't get me wrong you're not all bad you have some good traits too. But since you said it is people who are not in favor of drugs at fault. Then by your very own logic and standards it is your fault for the things I mentioned.
Seems to me, you would have to be on drugs to post the delusional shit you spew. Oh - and Gatlin as well. Oh - and Gatlin as well. I was just using your logic from an earlier post. If people like you condone drug use and say it should be legal. Then it is partially your fault when people abuse and overdose.
I expect that reaction when I smack you between the eyes with bold truth. He was SELLING....he was not POSSESSING. Bim-Bam-Boom....FELONY!!! Your embarrassment for the ignorance you displayed is showing through the computer screen to me ...
20 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $20,000 is the same as 40 years in prison and a $40,000 fine (which is what the cops extorted him with)? Only in the alcohol-soaked mind of a drug warrior are the two equal. Fucktard. Give it up, man... He was a DRUG DEALER selling drugs in a SCHOOL! Stop wasting your time. Head down to the Baron Rogue shooting....there may be something there that is right up you alley. If not, I'm sure you can find enough to make a good spin out of it.
Yes, that must be it. In fact, all 100,000 confidential informants in the USA are depressed because a sibling died, and that's why they become informants. Quite the detective!
A suicide.
... Andrew, who lost his older brother in a train wreck ...
#2. To: Gatlin (#1)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#3. To: Deckard (#2)
(Edited)
#4. To: Gatlin (#3)
I didn’t make the kid decide to become a DRUG DEALER.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#5. To: Deckard (#4)
Yet you support the greedy, corrupt cops like the ones in this article who badgered a kid into being a snitch which ultimately led to his death.
#6. To: Deckard (#4)
(Edited)
You and the rest of the drug warriors bear some responsibility for the kid's death - whether you admit it or not.
#7. To: Gatlin (#6)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#8. To: Deckard (#7)
Your glorious jihad on small amounts of marijuana is what led to Andrew Sadek's death. He had $80 worth of marijuana. That's less than one ounce.
North Dakota Laws & Penalties
Possession 1 oz or less - Misdemeanor.
30 days incarceration.
$ 1,500 fine
The cop lied to him and said it was a felony.
The interrogation room video shows Chief Jason Weber telling the dejected Andrew...that he faces up to 40 years in jail. Weber, experienced in deception, tells Andrew that he can “help himself” by becoming a confidential informant.
"Experienced in deception", otherwise known as Andrew Sadek, a top college student in North Dakota, was caught selling $80 worth of marijuana. Because this pot was sold on a school campus, police sought to charge Sadek with serious felonies.
The sale of any amount of marijuana is a class B felony punishable by up to 10 years imprisonment and a fine of up to $20,000. For a second offense there is a minimum term of imprisonment of at least 3 years. For a third or subsequent offense there is a minimum term of imprisonment of at least 10 years. Sale within 1,000 feet of a school is a class A felony punishable by maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $20,000. See: North Dakota Century Code 19-03.1-23 and North Dakota Century Code 12.1-32-01.
#9. To: Deckard (#4)
Yet you support the greedy, corrupt cops like the ones in this article who badgered a kid into being a snitch which ultimately led to his death.
#10. To: Gatlin (#8)
A felony punishable by maximum sentence of 20 years imprisonment and a maximum fine of $20,000. See: North Dakota Century Code 19-03.1-23 and North Dakota Century Code 12.1-32-01.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#11. To: A K A Stone (#9)
Actually it is your fault.
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#12. To: Deckard (#11)
Actually it is your fault. Grow a frigging brain.
#13. To: A K A Stone (#12)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#14. To: Deckard (#13)
Seems to me, you would have to be on drugs to post the delusional shit you spew.
#15. To: Deckard (#10)
Go fuck yourself.
#16. To: Gatlin (#15)
“Truth is treason in the empire of lies.” - Ron Paul
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system, but too early to shoot the bastards."
#17. To: Deckard (#16)
(Edited)
#18. To: Gatlin (#1)
So, was he depressed because of this and that was why he chose to be a drug dealer? Who knows ...
#19. To: Gatlin (#1)
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