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The Great Cookie Caper

By Lawrence Taylor

I posted a few days ago about a typical "rush to judgment" in today’s hysterical drunk driving environment (Anatomy of a Lynching).  Here, the latest example – complete with initial disavowals by MADD, later reluctantly withdrawn: Man Accused of Taking Drug-Laced Cookies to Cops Fort Worth, TX.  AP, July 8 -  A man accused of delivering baskets of drug-laced cookies to as many as a dozen police departments, causing several officers to become sick, was arrested Tuesday. Christian V. Phillips, 18, of Watauga, was arrested Tuesday morning after allegedly taking cookies to the Lake Worth police station, where officers had been tipped off that someone was falsely claiming to deliver treats on behalf of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said Lake Worth Police Chief Brett McGuire...continue to full post

Full post as published by DUI Blog on July 14, 2008 (boomark / email).