There are many mixed views about this case. There are people who want to bring down the hammer of justice on the drug sellers and people who will defend the sellers from cop exaggeration. The article below was written by Anthony Papa, a man who served 15 years for the selling of illegal drugs and now provides alcoholism help. Heres the story...
"Last Tuesday five students were arrested for allegedly selling drugs at Columbia University. In a press release distributed by the Office of the Special Narcotics Prosecutor, headed by Bridgette Brennan, the bust was dubbed "Operation Ivy League." It was described as the culmination of a five-month police sting where they planted a baby-faced looking undercover cop to purchase drugs from the students.
This bust immediately brought back memories to me of a similar drug bust in 2004 involving kids in Berkshire County in Massachusetts. At that time another baby face detective, employed by the Drug Task Force, was assigned the duty of going undercover to buy drugs from kids who hung out in a parking lot. Merchants had complained to police about the kids. For months the undercover cop hung out with the kids, even allegedly drinking with them, while purchasing drugs. The undercover cop even talked about how he just lost his girlfriend to get the kids to feel sorry for him. This resulted in the arrest of 19 kids.
The detective went to Columbia University and into the student dorms and made 31 buys over a five-month period that got a small amount of assorted drugs including pot and a hand full of pills. Two of the students claim that they sold the drugs to pay for their tuition. Another student, Christopher Coles, told the NY Daily News that the cops are exaggerating."
Source:http://www.counterpunch.org/papa12092010.html
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