Student Drug Informant Found With a Bullet in His Head and Rocks in His Backpack
Source: The Daily Beast
07.05.16 1:00 AM ET
By Kare Briquelet
When police found Andrew Sadek selling $20 worth of pot, they pressured him into being a confidential informant and told him to go after ‘harder drugs.’ Then he turned up dead
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A frightened Sadek swore not to tell a soul about the undercover ops. He never spoke to his parents or a lawyer. He was encouraged to ferret out dealers and heavier drugs on his own, footage of the interview shows. The video was released to local media last year under open-records requests.
Six months later, Sadek turned up dead. Authorities pulled his body, bound to a backpack full of rocks, from the Red River. There was a bullet hole in his head. Police tried to tell his parents, John and Tammy Sadek, he committed suicide, Tammy Sadek told The Daily Beast.
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On Monday, the family filed a wrongful death suit against Richland County and Deputy {Jason} Weber, who helmed the dangerous operation as part of the South East Multi-County Agency Narcotics Task Force, or SEMCA.
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Never been to North Dakota, but I've met cops like this.
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Sting operation and death
Hoffman was under drug court supervision for possession of 25 g[3] (0.9 oz.) of marijuana discovered during a traffic stop on February 22, 2007.[4] On April 17, 2008,[5] Tallahassee, Florida, police searched her apartment and uncovered 151.7 g (or 5.328 oz.) of cannabis,[3] and four ecstasy pills. Hoffman faced a possible prison sentence if charged and convicted on criminal charges related to the discovered drugs. Police attempted to persuade her to identify other marijuana dealers to avoid the charges. She refused. The police then pressured her to act as a confidential informant in a drug sting operation instead in exchange for not being charged with additional drug charges. The purported goal of the operation was to buy 1,500 ecstasy pills, 2 oz. of cocaine, and two handguns, which was contrary to department policy. Using $13,000 cash in a buy–bust operation. Hoffman's family stated that all three buys were very out of character for her. She did not know the two men she was to meet but was reportedly eager to cooperate with the police operation and made suggestions as to how the operation should be conducted.
Two narcotics officers arranged for the drug buy at a specific location and were providing security for the buy. That was later deemed to be insufficient manpower to protect the informant and still apprehend the suspects.
While she was at the drug buy, with the policemen monitoring, the two suspects changed the location of the buy. Her police handlers lost track of her when she agreed with the suspects to change the plans and left the buy spot with the two suspects in their stolen silver BMW. While in transit, the two suspects allegedly executed her with the gun she was supposed to buy.[6]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rachel_Hoffman
They pressure an untrained kid to do the job that is typically reserved for veteran officers (undercover narc) and over a damn plant?
And then LIE to the parents about it?
Holy shit!
There's nothing like a bunch of 'roided-out', tattooed undercover cops in there 30's telling a scared 15 year old what he's going to do next. All these guys do is drive around and prey on young people. I would rather legalize all drugs and get our 4th amendment rights back. I'm no lawyer, but it sure seems like our drug laws are aimed at a certain group of people. They have ruined more lives than the drugs themselves. They wanted our son to go on drug buys and bust other high school kids until they could find the drug 'kingpin'. We paid for a lawyer and got him probation instead. The drug war sucks and needs to be brought to an end. The DEA is a redundant and parasitic government agency that has no medical value and a high probability for the abuse of the American people.
