Police Thought Cotton Candy Was Meth. She Spent 3 Months in Jail for Their Mistake.

The New York Times ^ | 28 Nov 2018 | Mihir Zaveri

[Theoria]

Tinted windows in vehicle. Driving with a suspended license. She couldn't afford the Million Dollar Bail. Pretty big bail. Crazy.

[chaosagent]

And it also turned out that the window tint was NOT too dark, either. It was legal.

Sounds like they were looking for an excuse to stop her.

[BobL]

“Tinted windows in vehicle. Driving with a suspended license”

Doesn’t sound like upstanding member of the community, but I agree, $100k would make more sense.

Be interesting to see what’s in her past, by the way.

[Husker24]

I think these road side test kits are rigged to always give positive results. Cotton candy is pure sugar, how does this test get a positive out of that?

[stinkerpot65]

Sad thing is, cops could care less.

[Michael.SF.]

"Dasha Fincher"

Isn't that spelled: -a?

All kidding aside, I hope she wins a few million.

[eyeamok]

She was NOT Arrested, She is the Victim of a FELONY KIDNAPPING and EXTORTION. All Perpetrators should be in Prison, and 100% of their Assets should be Immediately Seized for Restitution, just like everybody else.

[from occupied ga]

I would like to see the deputies who arrested her spend three months in jail for false arrest.

[SantosLHalper]

I am adamantly against drugs like meth and heroin and support law enforcement; however, some cops discover small amounts of drugs(even weed) and act like they captured Pablo Escobar.
People have been incarcerated over as little as a seed or old roach.

[mylife]

Good job Deputy Sonny Bubba Junebug Johnson! /s

Aint gonna stick no finger in there and taste it or give a whiff on it, possibly taintin that evidence!

I’ll let the judge decide!

[Don W]

Sad thing is, cops could care less.

Could NOT care less

Words MEAN things! /grammar cop mode off

[SkyDancer]

What meth test chemicals are they using? Crazy.

[Michael.SF.]

As long as she gets compensated as well, I am good with that.

[SaveFerris]

Make it 3X whatever time she had to do.

[Fido969]

They’ll get a commendation, maybe a promotion and raise. Any lawsuit will be bourne by the taxpayers.

[SkyDancer]

Well because, I guess, all opioids are sugar based hence the positive reaction. Maybe they were amazed how the cotton candy just seemed to melt right before their eyes and figured that yup, drugs.

[mylife]

Can’t fool Sonny Bubba!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BfVp9YoKhg

[Pearls Before Swine]

Isn’t cotton candy all stringy and fluffy, like cotton? And meth a powder? She should have offered to eat a handful, but they probably wouldn’t have given her that option.

[a fool in paradise]

residue on the test kit/materials from other stops?

[yesthatjallen]

evaluated it using a roadside test kit, which seemed to confirm that it was methamphetamine.

These drug test kits have been PROVEN to be beyond inaccurate and this has been known for years.