Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

April 10, 2012

Drug Enforcement Officer Michael Reichert of the Collinsville, Illinois Police Department was fired twice after being put on the so-called Brady List. That is a roster of police officers whose documented dishonesty disqualifies them from testifying in court.

In January 2011, Reichert was given a commendation by Collinsville Police Chief Scott Williams. Shortly thereafter he was named officer of the month. In recent weeks, Ohio filmmaker Terrance Huff produced and distributed a documentary of a December 1 traffic stop in which he was detained by Reichert, who had created a pretext to pull Huff over and conduct a drug search. Every claim made by Reichert was a documented lie. While conducting the search of Huff?s vehicle, Reichert manipulated his drug-detecting dog into ?alerting? in order to justify an invasive search of the van. When he was unable to find drugs or cash, Reichert ended the encounter by claiming that there was marijuana residue in the vehicle ? a final lie to cover several previous ones.

Reacting to national publicity generated by Huff?s video, Chief Williams insisted that ?We?re not doing any differently than any other law enforcement agency that has a drug interdiction program.?  This much, at least, is the unvarnished truth.

 Let us take back the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free.