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[LyleLanley]

Cops mistook Krispy Kreme doughnut glaze for meth, Orlando man says - Orlando Sentinel

Daniel Rushing treats himself to a Krispy Kreme doughnut every other Wednesday. He used to eat them in his car.

Not anymore.

Not since a pair of Orlando police officers pulled him over, spotted four tiny flakes of glaze on his floorboard and arrested him, saying they were pieces of crystal methamphetamine.

The officers did two roadside drug tests and both came back positive for the illegal substance, according to his arrest report.

He was handcuffed, arrested, taken to the county jail and strip searched, he said.

A state crime lab, however, did another test several weeks later and cleared him.

"It was incredible," he said. "It feels scary when you haven't done anything wrong and get arrested. … It's just a terrible feeling."

When Rushing opened his wallet, she saw that he had a concealed weapons permit, she wrote. He told her that he had a gun, and she asked him to step out of his car, a small Chevy.

That's when she spotted "a rock like substance on the floor board where his feet were," she wrote.

"I recognized through my eleven years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer the substance to be some sort of narcotic," she wrote.

She asked for permission to search his vehicle, the report says, and Rushing agreed.

"I didn't have anything to hide," he said. "I'll never let anyone search my car again."

"I kept telling them, 'That's … glaze from a doughnut. … They tried to say it was crack cocaine at first, then they said, 'No, it's meth, crystal meth.'"

His arrest report confirms that he tried to tell them.

"Rushing stated that the substance is sugar from a Krispie Kreme Donut that he ate," Riggs-Hopkins wrote.

She booked him into the county jail on a charge of possession of methamphetamine with a firearm. He was locked up for about 10 hours before his release on $2,500 bond, he said.

The guy got what he deserves for eating Krispy Kreme.

 

[Cyan]

There's a really obvious joke here...

 

[Fury451]

I recognized through my eleven years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer the substance to be some sort of narcotic," she wrote.

Someone needs to go back to class

 

[LyleLanley]

Someone needs to go back to class

Or does she?

 

[Samus4145]

Wait? The drug tests turned out positive?

 

[BronsonLee]

11 years of lies

 

[crimzonflame]

There's a really obvious joke here...

The Chris Rock bit?

 

[ratcliffja]

There's a really obvious joke here...

You mean the irony about a cop not knowing doughnut glaze when they see it?

 

[Guevara]

Bronn is looking good.

 

[Tall4Life]

The officers did two roadside drug tests and both came back positive for the illegal substance, according to his arrest report.

And this is further proof that most of these drug tests that they give to police officers are absolute horseshit.

 

[ShockingAlberto]

At least he'll get a lighter sentence based on the amount, since Krispy Kreme donuts are mostly air.

 

[Arkeband]

So let me get this straight:

Cops falsify roadside drug test
Precinct signs off on falsified drug test
Exonerated by state drug test done later?

Will the cops face punishment?

 

[Piston Hyundai]

they can't even recognize fucking Krispy Kreme anymore

we need police reform now more than ever

 

[BronsonLee]

At least he'll get a lighter sentence based on the amount, since Krispy Kreme donuts are mostly air.

Spoken like a man with experience with their bullshit airnuts

 

[LyleLanley]

So let me get this straight:

Cops falsify roadside drug test
Precinct signs off on falsified drug test
Exonerated by state drug test done later?

Will the cops face punishment?

I don't think they intentionally falsified anything it just so happens that their road side narcotics test sucks.

 

[Evolved1]

There's a really obvious joke here...

12 years as a cop, she should be an expert on doughnuts?

 

[Vital Tundra]

They really need to get rid of those drug testers. They read positive for anything. No the polices fault though because they don't know thy don't work either. Also who assumes that flakes on the ground are drugs first and foremost?

 

[Zackat]

they can't even recognize fucking Krispy Kreme anymore

we need police reform now more than ever

It's the last straw.

 

[massoluk]

"I recognized through my eleven years of training and experience as a law enforcement officer the substance to be some sort of narcotic," she wrote.

Eleven years down the drain.

 

[yukonrye]

He could spin this into free Krispy Kreme for life. But would he want to.....?

 

[Dubbedinenglish]

Cops consider Krispy Kreme glaze meth.

 

[SoRuffShoNuff]

So the cops faked the drug test results, doesn't surprise me one bit.

 

[Archaix]

Wait? The drug tests turned out positive?

Yup, the totally real and actually existing drug test came back positive for meth when they tested sugar. All of this happened and was reality, so the cop obviously can't be held responsible.

 

[deadman69]

he was probably still up to no good.

 

[TheSecondSpitter]

Heisenberg strikes again...

 

[Waddle Dee]

Honestly surprised the victim wasn't black.

What a stupid mistake that cop made. I would have been terrified if I was that guy.

 

[Geist-]

The guy got what he deserves for eating Krispy Kreme.

What's wrong with Krispy Kreme?

 

[Angelus Errare]

And this is further proof that most of these drug tests that they give to police officers are absolute horseshit.

More like this is proof that police make up the drug test results to reach their quota. It's pretty hard to fuck up the drug test kit that they use and it definitely wouldn't flag glaze flakes as meth.

So that means they either don't actually use the kit and just falsify shit because they're lazy and they won't get in trouble.

Or worse they do use the kit and basically have various drugs on them that the use on the drug test kit (then sprinkle on the victim).

 

[LyleLanley]

Honestly surprised the victim wasn't black.

What a stupid mistake that cop made. I would have been terrified if I was that guy.

The cops knew he had a gun and thought he had drugs on the floor. If he was black he'd probably be dead by now.

 

[Crayons]

Meanwhile, a local Krispy Kreme customer has been awake for 3 days and doesn't know why

 

[BronsonLee]

What's wrong with Krispy Kreme?

half donut
half air
all lies

 

[tearsintherain]

More like this is proof that police make up the drug test results to reach their quota. It's pretty hard to fuck up the drug test kit that they use and it definitely wouldn't flag glaze flakes as meth.

So that means they either don't actually use the kit and just falsify shit because they're lazy and they won't get in trouble.

Or worse they do use the kit and basically have various drugs on them that the use on the drug test kit (then sprinkle on the victim).

The drug kits most police depts use are from 1973, cost $2, and are wildly unreliable
https://www.propublica.org/article/common-roadside-drug-test-routinely-produces-false-positives

Most cops know the tests are unreliable, and are able to turn any test positive or negative depending on whether they want to make a bust or not
http://thefreethoughtproject.com/marijuana-advocacy/

Don't let cops search your car.

 

[Onemic]

I also find this interesting:

When Rushing opened his wallet, she saw that he had a concealed weapons permit, she wrote. He told her that he had a gun, and she asked him to step out of his car, a small Chevy.

If only that other police officer did the same to Castle.

 

[Dali]

He's gonna sue and I hope he gets paid. He now has what looks like a violent arrest record. Was denied his freedom for 10 hours and had to pay $2500 to get out just because some assholes either ignored what the test was telling them (it wasn't drugs) or a test used by the police is so woefully inaccurate it cannot separate sugar from an illegal substance.

Just imagine if this person didn't have $2500 on hand and was headed to a job, instead of retired? He could have basically had his life ruined.

 

[The Kree]

More like this is proof that police make up the drug test results to reach their quota. It's pretty hard to fuck up the drug test kit that they use and it definitely wouldn't flag glaze flakes as meth.

So that means they either don't actually use the kit and just falsify shit because they're lazy and they won't get in trouble.

Or worse they do use the kit and basically have various drugs on them that the use on the drug test kit (then sprinkle on the victim).

I assume the worst.

 

[SilentRacoon]

There's a really obvious joke here...

They don't even recognize one of their own anymore?

 

[blamite]

Shouldn't that be the thing they're most familiar with?

 

[Clint Beastwood]

Honestly surprised the victim wasn't black.

What a stupid mistake that cop made. I would have been terrified if I was that guy.

he's alive so im not sure its surprising

 

[Firebrand]

Fat Bronn should be glad he didn't go to the Philippines for donuts.

 

[Geist-]

half donut
half air
all lies

 

[sangreal]

"I didn't have anything to hide," he said. "I'll never let anyone search my car again."

bingo

 

[SolidChamp]

Bronn is looking good.

I fucking LOL'd

 

[revbatboy]

More like this is proof that police make up the drug test results to reach their quota. It's pretty hard to fuck up the drug test kit that they use and it definitely wouldn't flag glaze flakes as meth.

So that means they either don't actually use the kit and just falsify shit because they're lazy and they won't get in trouble.

Or worse they do use the kit and basically have various drugs on them that the use on the drug test kit (then sprinkle on the victim).

Or, maybe it was just a false-positive.

 

[NastyBook]

Krispy Kreme is overrated, so I would've collared him for that alone. That aftertaste is HORRIBLE.

 

[Luigi87]

I thought cops were supposed to be doughnut experts.

 

[BronsonLee]

I only tell truths

Or, maybe it was just a false-positive.

Two false positives, m8?

 

[spookyfish]

half donut
half air
all HEAVEN

Fixed for truth.

 

[E92 M3]

The bigger story is the "field test" coming back positive.

 

[Waddle Dee]

he's alive so im not sure its surprising

Jesus.

It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.

 

[revbatboy]

I only tell truths



Two false positives, m8?

If they used the same road side test for both then, yes. A chemical compound in the glaze would have triggered both. I am not saying it is right, I am saying the tests need to be improved if sugar can be falsely identified as meth.