FranJan
Well-Known Member
Well it seems the good, (and the bad), folks in the state of NY have given us some news this weekend. And from both sides of their cultural makeup.
Story one is where this group of entrepreneurs/YouTube rap-sensations/rocket scientists in Harlem setup a little business selling weed and some good ol crack in a store front. Actually not big news in NYC but ya gotta love the packaging. $10.00!!!! Shit must be weak!
Thanks goes to the lying dirt merchants at the NY Daily News and NY Post
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gang-sold-pot-candy-wrappers-rounded-article-1.1290171 (The Daily News always has the best comments!)
or http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/candy_grass_wrappers_v88GKXcKEs4Wfh7B1xvDbM
East Harlem Gang Known As The Fetti Boys Busted For Peddling "Sour D" In Sour Power Candy Packages
This candy was smokin.
An indicted East Harlem gang sold pot out of Sour Power candy wrappers for $10 a bag, officials said yesterday.
If you want the sour, come to 118th and Lexington, the group rapped on YouTube, officials say.
Steerers on the street would lead buyers to the bodega on that corner Nassin Market at 1901 Lexington Ave. and the allegedly complicit bodega owners would make a sale.
The pots packaging was a pun on the sour diesel strain identifying a particularly potent kind of marijuana, officials said.
It has a real pungent, cat-urine smell, said Detective John Hourican of Manhattan North Narcotics. You know youre buying the sour diesel if it smells like cat urine.
Fifteen alleged gang members have been indicted on charges including conspiracy and the sale of marijuana and crack. In addition, two bodega employees have been busted and city officials shuttered the bodega as a nuisance.
Since January 2011, the blocks neighboring that intersection have been the site of five fatal shootings, 22 nonfatal shootings and 33 reports of shots being fired, said Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.
To make this neighborhood safer, law enforcement is using a coordinated approach to target drug sales there, he said.
The investigation was a joint effort of the DAs Violent Criminal Enterprises Unit and the NYPDs Manhattan North Narcotics Bureau.
Is Sour Power a real candy? Are these guys gonna get sued for IP infringement? Do you think they care?
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Next is a typical story that reflects what's wrong with this ridiculous society sometimes. Will the hypocrisy never stop.
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Story one is where this group of entrepreneurs/YouTube rap-sensations/rocket scientists in Harlem setup a little business selling weed and some good ol crack in a store front. Actually not big news in NYC but ya gotta love the packaging. $10.00!!!! Shit must be weak!
Thanks goes to the lying dirt merchants at the NY Daily News and NY Post
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/gang-sold-pot-candy-wrappers-rounded-article-1.1290171 (The Daily News always has the best comments!)
or http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/candy_grass_wrappers_v88GKXcKEs4Wfh7B1xvDbM
East Harlem Gang Known As The Fetti Boys Busted For Peddling "Sour D" In Sour Power Candy Packages
This candy was smokin.
An indicted East Harlem gang sold pot out of Sour Power candy wrappers for $10 a bag, officials said yesterday.
If you want the sour, come to 118th and Lexington, the group rapped on YouTube, officials say.
Steerers on the street would lead buyers to the bodega on that corner Nassin Market at 1901 Lexington Ave. and the allegedly complicit bodega owners would make a sale.
The pots packaging was a pun on the sour diesel strain identifying a particularly potent kind of marijuana, officials said.
It has a real pungent, cat-urine smell, said Detective John Hourican of Manhattan North Narcotics. You know youre buying the sour diesel if it smells like cat urine.
Fifteen alleged gang members have been indicted on charges including conspiracy and the sale of marijuana and crack. In addition, two bodega employees have been busted and city officials shuttered the bodega as a nuisance.
Since January 2011, the blocks neighboring that intersection have been the site of five fatal shootings, 22 nonfatal shootings and 33 reports of shots being fired, said Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr.
To make this neighborhood safer, law enforcement is using a coordinated approach to target drug sales there, he said.
The investigation was a joint effort of the DAs Violent Criminal Enterprises Unit and the NYPDs Manhattan North Narcotics Bureau.
Is Sour Power a real candy? Are these guys gonna get sued for IP infringement? Do you think they care?
Next is a typical story that reflects what's wrong with this ridiculous society sometimes. Will the hypocrisy never stop.
State Assemblyman Who Voted Against Medical Marijuana Busted On Pot Charge
Thanks again to the NY Daily News n' Lies
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-assemblyman-katz-busted-pot-charge-article-1.1289841#ixzz2Nl3C9ap7
An outspoken state assemblyman who serves on the chamber's Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee and voted against medical marijuana has been busted for possessing pot, state police said Friday.
Assemblyman Steve Katz, 59, a conservative Republican from the Hudson Valley, was pulled over on the state Thruway for going 80 miles an hour in a 65 mph zone when a trooper detected a slight odor of marijuana, state police spokesman Sgt. Don Baker said.
The trooper asked Katz if there was any pot in the car - and the assemblyman said yes and handed over a small bag that contained less than 25 grams, Baker said.
The trooper did not see evidence that Katz was driving while impaired so he ticketed him for unlawful possession of marijuana, a noncriminal violation, and speeding and let him drive off, Baker said. Katz was heading to Albany at the time.
If there was a concern that he was smoking while driving, we would have brought in a drug recognition expert to determine if he was under the influence, but there was no indication that he was, Baker said.
Katz due to appear in Coeymans Town Court on March 28 declared in a written statement Friday afternoon that he would not let the "unfortunate incident ... impede my public service.
This should not overshadow the work I have done over the years for the public and my constituency, he said. I am confident that once the facts are presented that this will quickly be put to rest."
As as assemblyman, Katz last year voted against a bill to legalize medicinal marijuana.
In a mailer to his constituents, he talked about how our community has been stricken with an increase in drug use and drunk driving by our youngest citizens.
And on March 8, he put out a statement decrying his communitys struggle against illegal drug culture and the abuse of narcotics.
Katz has been outspoken about the bad-boy culture of Albany. In January, he criticized Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for his handling of the sexual harassment complaints against Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn).
Katz a veterinarian, from Putnam County has had his own controversies. He has been arrested two times on charges related to his veterinarian practice, including the illegal dumping of the body of a dead dog. He was never convicted.
Brooklyn Sen. Martin Golden, a fellow Republican, called it hypocritical for Katz to have voted against pot legislation and then get charged with possession.
Be true to yourself, said Golden, who sees pot as a gateway drug. If you like marijuana and smoke marijuana, at least vote for it.
Then again maybe he was covering up for someone in his family who used the car. What kills me is he gets to drive away and if it was me they'd take that car away from me and lock it up for $150.00 a day somewhere. And God forbid it was one of those young urbanites from the previous story in this guy's neck of the woods. Trust me on that one folks Thanks again to the NY Daily News n' Lies
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-assemblyman-katz-busted-pot-charge-article-1.1289841#ixzz2Nl3C9ap7
An outspoken state assemblyman who serves on the chamber's Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Committee and voted against medical marijuana has been busted for possessing pot, state police said Friday.
Assemblyman Steve Katz, 59, a conservative Republican from the Hudson Valley, was pulled over on the state Thruway for going 80 miles an hour in a 65 mph zone when a trooper detected a slight odor of marijuana, state police spokesman Sgt. Don Baker said.
The trooper asked Katz if there was any pot in the car - and the assemblyman said yes and handed over a small bag that contained less than 25 grams, Baker said.
The trooper did not see evidence that Katz was driving while impaired so he ticketed him for unlawful possession of marijuana, a noncriminal violation, and speeding and let him drive off, Baker said. Katz was heading to Albany at the time.
If there was a concern that he was smoking while driving, we would have brought in a drug recognition expert to determine if he was under the influence, but there was no indication that he was, Baker said.
Katz due to appear in Coeymans Town Court on March 28 declared in a written statement Friday afternoon that he would not let the "unfortunate incident ... impede my public service.
This should not overshadow the work I have done over the years for the public and my constituency, he said. I am confident that once the facts are presented that this will quickly be put to rest."
As as assemblyman, Katz last year voted against a bill to legalize medicinal marijuana.
In a mailer to his constituents, he talked about how our community has been stricken with an increase in drug use and drunk driving by our youngest citizens.
And on March 8, he put out a statement decrying his communitys struggle against illegal drug culture and the abuse of narcotics.
Katz has been outspoken about the bad-boy culture of Albany. In January, he criticized Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver for his handling of the sexual harassment complaints against Assemblyman Vito Lopez (D-Brooklyn).
Katz a veterinarian, from Putnam County has had his own controversies. He has been arrested two times on charges related to his veterinarian practice, including the illegal dumping of the body of a dead dog. He was never convicted.
Brooklyn Sen. Martin Golden, a fellow Republican, called it hypocritical for Katz to have voted against pot legislation and then get charged with possession.
Be true to yourself, said Golden, who sees pot as a gateway drug. If you like marijuana and smoke marijuana, at least vote for it.
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