Will Grigg?s Liberty Minute

December 10, 2008

Barry Cooper of Austin, Texas is a former narcotics officer who has become an outspoken opponent of the war on drugs.

He and his associates rented a house in Odessa, Texas. Inside they placed two small Christmas trees beneath heat lamps of the kind used to grow marijuana.

Less than a day later, police raided the house. But instead of finding marijuana, the narcotics officers found an attorney surrounded by video equipment used to document the illegal raid.

The attorney was arrested and quickly released. The police have refused to release the affidavit used to get a warrant for the unjustified drug raid, most likely because it contained fabricated allegations or evidence obtained through illegal surveillance. Cooper and his associates did nothing wrong, but may face official retaliation of some kind.

This is the first private sting operation targeting corrupt narcotics officers. May it not be the last.

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