Posted on 10/22/2016 4:46:39 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A Florida man arrested last year after police mistook doughnut glaze in his car for meth is suing the city of Orlando and a drug-testing kit company.
The Orlando Sentinel reports Daniel Rushing filed a lawsuit last week, claiming negligence by the city and the kit's manufacturer.
Rushing was arrested on drug charges last December when Orlando police officers spotted four tiny flakes of glaze on his floorboard and thought they were pieces of crystal methamphetamine. Rushing told officers it was likely sugar from Krispy Kreme doughnuts he'd eaten, but two roadside drug tests were positive for the illegal substance.
A state crime lab test cleared Rushing several weeks later and charges were dropped.
Orlando police have said the arrest was lawful. The paper says the city declined comment.
Damn, I haven’t had a glazed donut in way too many years. Memo to self: get some next time by a donut shop.
The fact that the cops are ruining peoples lives by using a drug test kit that is so often erroneous is the problem... A huge number of people would have been convicted knowing they were innocent simply because they wouldn’t have had the resources to fight the system... a major component of which is a public defender that simply wants to do the easy thing .. cut a deal and send you to jail.. but for a slightly lesser amount of time...
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