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For $20 ex-cop will teach you to avoid a pot bust
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by Actual News Geezer | June 19, 2007 at 11:32 am
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He's interviewed an ex-cop turned into a militant marijuana crusader, and now has plans for a unique reality tv show. But first for the main event:
BIG SANDY, Texas — Barry Cooper sells a DVD on how to stash pot in your car without getting caught. This fall he will release a second one on how to keep police from raiding your home for marijuana.
Now for the kicker: Cooper is a former narcotics officer once considered among the top cops in Texas, where more marijuana is seized each year than in any other state.
The formerly straight-laced lawman has become a shaggy-haired militant for the legalization of weed.
Six months ago he released "Never Get Busted Again," in which the former star of West Texas' Permian Basin Drug Task Force gives tips on hiding marijuana (dashboards are rife with nooks and crannies) and throwing off drug-sniffing dogs (coat your tires in fox urine).
"I'm not helping them to break the law. It's clear the law is already being broken," said Cooper, 38, who left law enforcement a decade ago. "I will do anything legal to frustrate law enforcement's efforts to place American citizens in jail for nonviolent drug offenses."
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at 08:50 on June 25th, 2007
As a long time cannabis advocate and activist, I think Barry Cooper's offering to share his knowledge is a bit of a sensationalistic money grab. He was responsible for busting thousands of people and seriously inconveniencing the lives of many more. If he is such an outspoken enthusiast, he should be sharing his info and not engaging in this snakeoil type shilling of tax-payer funded knowledge. While i haven't seen his video (I am not forking out my hard-earned $20), I've seen his site, watched clips and read transcripts and frankly he is an embarrassment to responsible tokers and earnest legalizers - agro-cop turned goofball, no thanks. Step it up Cooper or shut it.