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Title: Cops Busted Running Major Steroid Ring—Selling Roids to Other Cops For Years
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Free Thought Project
URL Source: http://thefreethoughtproject.com/co ... roids-to-other-cops-for-years/
Published: Feb 18, 2018
Author: Matt Agorist
Post Date: 2018-02-19 08:34:10 by Deckard
Keywords: None
Views: 6596
Comments: 62
Edmonton, CA — Two Edmonton police officers were found guilty this week for running a highly profitable steroid ring—selling anabolic steroids to fellow cops. Edmonton Police officer Greg Lewis was tried and convicted on multiple counts of trafficking a controlled substance while he ostensibly protected the people of Edmonton. “Given (the) convictions on two of those charges, disciplinary proceedings under the Police Service Regulation will now be initiated,” said EPS spokesperson Carolin Maran. In their decision, however, the court somewhat justified the cop’s use and sale of steroids as a means of being fit. While reading his decision, Brooker detailed how Lewis, 36, was a “proponent of fitness” who had a reputation for knowing where to find steroids, reported CBC. Lewis has been on unpaid suspension since he was busted in March of 2015. After a two-year investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, Lewis was finally charged. During the trial, Lewis admitted to both using steroids and selling them to his colleagues. What’s more, his fellow cops even testified that they bought the drugs from him. The other officer charged with Lewis, Darren French, pleaded guilty in June 2016 to two counts of trafficking Stanozolol and Methyl-1-Testosterone, according to CBC. While Lewis’s sentencing has been delayed until further notice, French received a slap on the wrist for his role in the ring. French was given probation and a $1,500 fine and was allowed to retire with his pension for his 25 years of ‘service.’ While it is certainly the belief of the Free Thought Project that anyone should be able to put anything into their own body without persecution of the state, police officers using anabolic steroids—which included a host of aggressive side effects—is an extremely bad idea. There is no question that many police officers use performance-enhancing drugs. In fact, the problem of police steroid use became so bad, in 2004, the DEA intervened to warn of the “possible psychological disturbances” of roid-raging cops. The DEA said symptoms included: Eventually, a few years later, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, made up of 16,000 members worldwide set a standard that “calls upon state and local law enforcement entities to establish a model policy prohibiting the use of illegally obtained steroids” by officers. However, this policy never happened. Not only do cops vehemently resist being drug tested by their departments, claiming it is a violation of their civil rights, they are also frequently caught selling steroids. “This is one of the dirty little secrets of American law enforcement,” says Gregory Gilbertson, a former Atlanta cop who teaches criminal justice in the Seattle area and works as a legal expert on police standards and practices, according to Alternet. “Steroid testing is declining, and I think there’s an attitude in all these agencies of ‘see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil’ because they don’t want to know about it. Because if they know about it, then they have to address it.” These Edmonton cops are not alone either. As the Free Thought Project previously reported, Darrion Holiwell, 51, was arrested and charged for not only taking steroids but dealing them to other SWAT deputies on the force, as well as people outside the agency. As Alternet pointed out, the cases of cops using and selling steroids are anything but isolated. These are some of the cases that have made news in the past year, though there likely are others that have not been revealed publicly: The dangers of cops taking steroids are obvious, as the rage associated with their use can become uncontrollable. All too often, we see police officers immediately escalate situations to violence when de-escalation would have been far easier and safer. Steroids could be the reason. “I keep seeing all of these cases where the level of anger and violence shown by officers makes no sense,” Gilbertson says. “And when things don’t make sense, they don’t make sense for a reason…Maybe steroid rage is a reason so many police officers seem so angry and aggressive.” Cops on the juice feel indestructible, as if they have superhuman strength. Or as the DEA puts it, “The idea of enhanced physical strength and endurance provides one with ‘the invincible mentality’ when performing law enforcement duties.” Starting to make sense now? “Reasonable suspicion should be raised if they shoot somebody or beat the living daylights out of somebody,” Dan Handelman, a founding member of Portland Copwatch told Alternet. “In some of these recent cases, the officers seemed to be pumped up and were not necessarily working in a calm and level-headed manner. We wonder how much of this was coming from natural adrenalin and how much coming from other substances.” 
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#10. To: Deckard (#0)
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A google search turns up no police officer named Greg Lewis on any Edmonton, California, police force. Neither is there a police officer named Darren French on any Edmonton, California, police force. Hey Deckard....exactly where is Edmonton, California?
Edmonton city police officer found guilty of trafficking steroids An Edmonton police officer accused of trafficking anabolic steroids between 2007 and 2013 has been found guilty on two charges. A former member of the Edmonton drug and gang enforcement unit, Det. Greg Lewis, faced three charges of trafficking in a controlled substance after he was arrested in March 2016 following a two-year investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT). On Tuesday, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker found Lewis guilty of two charges of trafficking in a controlled substance, but not guilty on a third because of unreliable witness testimony. The 36-year-old was one of two officers charged as a result of the police watchdog’s investigation into events nearly a decade old.
An Edmonton police officer accused of trafficking anabolic steroids between 2007 and 2013 has been found guilty on two charges. A former member of the Edmonton drug and gang enforcement unit, Det. Greg Lewis, faced three charges of trafficking in a controlled substance after he was arrested in March 2016 following a two-year investigation by the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT). On Tuesday, Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker found Lewis guilty of two charges of trafficking in a controlled substance, but not guilty on a third because of unreliable witness testimony. The 36-year-old was one of two officers charged as a result of the police watchdog’s investigation into events nearly a decade old. Matt Argost LIED and took a story from a incident that happened in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada then omitted certain facts and phrases from that story, changed that story, then factiously made up a city in California he named Edmonton, California and posted FAKE NEWS to again try to make all cops look bad. There is no such city in California named Edmonton. Matt Argost figured that no one would fact-check his article and he could slip it by everyone to continue with his cop- hating crusade. In in your gross ignorance....you came along and posted Fake News for the same agenda purpose. You are biggest truth-blinded asshole I have ever encountered ... Now you go “fetch” a list of cities and towns in California or look at any map of California and find for everyone to see....a city or town in California named: Edmonton. Here, dumb shit....I will save you the time and effort. Check this out: Complete list of cities and towns in California. ROTFLMAO @ ur stupidity ...
Many people think that CA is an international abbreviation for Canada, as US or USA is for America. Even Google does this some. My own DDG search for Edmonton, CA shows in the first two results the following: The article indicates Edmonton, Alberta repeatedly and references Canadian law enforcement by mentioning such details as "Court of Queen’s Bench Justice Scott Brooker". No literate American believes that the Edmonton being referenced was anywhere except Canada. I see comparable typos in articles even from major media sources on an almost daily basis.
There is no official two-letter abbreviation of Edmonton, CA or Edmonton, CN for the city Edmonton that is located in Alberta, Canada....and those two-letter abbreviations should never be used for any reason. The literate American should also know that Matt Agorst does not write for, or have a reading audience of, literate Americans. Matt Argost is no idiot and there should be no question that he knew exactly what he doing with his misuse of the official two-letter abbreviation to place the city of Edmonton in California in his article....it was intentionally meant to be misleading.
For postal and delivery services, yes. Otherwise, "Alberta, CA" is an officially recognized ISO standard for referring to Alberta. FTP and Alternet do cultivate an international following which does include Canada. You can't blame them for using the officially designated abbreviations. This article is somewhat dishonest in that it uses a Canadian case of cops roiding it up and then switch to a bunch of American cop examples, DEA, etc. That is Agorist's real dishonest reporting IMO. Most of his article was a rant about American cops and roids, not about his clickbait opening about cops in Edmonton, CA (Canada, not California).
Argost was never referring to an officially recognized ISO standard. The only way I can see this....is that it was meant to be intentionally misleading.
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It is DEFINITELY not….it makes NO sense at all.
#12. To: Gatlin (#10)
A google search turns up no police officer named Greg Lewis on any Edmonton, California, police force.
#13. To: Deckard, , Justified, A K A Stone, GrandIsland, Tooconservative, sneakypete, misterwhite, All (#12)
Gatlin Posted: A google search turns up no police officer named Greg Lewis on any Edmonton, California, police force.
Deckard Replied: Edmonton city police officer found guilty of trafficking steroids
Matt Argost wrote in the article you posted: Edmonton, CA — Two Edmonton police officers were found guilty this week for running a highly profitable steroid ring—selling anabolic steroids to fellow cops. [I underlined the “CA” to emphasize Matt Argost intentionally wrote “California”].
There in NO city anywhere in CALIFORNIA named EDMONTON.
#15. To: Gatlin (#13)
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[I underlined the “CA” to emphasize Matt Argost intentionally wrote “California”].
City of Edmonton :: Home
#25. To: Tooconservative (#15)
No literate American believes that the Edmonton being referenced was anywhere except Canada.
The literate American should know that “AB” is the official two-letter abbreviations that must be used for the city of Edmonton located in the province of Alberta in Canada. One must always use Edmonton, AB when referring to the city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta in Canada.
#31. To: Gatlin (#25)
The literate American should know that “AB” is the official two-letter abbreviations that must be used for the city of Edmonton located in the province of Alberta in Canada. One must always use Edmonton, AB when referring to the city of Edmonton in the province of Alberta in Canada.
Matt Argost is no idiot and there should be no question that he knew exactly what he doing with his misuse of the official two-letter abbreviation to place the city of Edmonton in California in his article....it was intentionally meant to be misleading.
#33. To: Tooconservative (#31)
Otherwise, "Alberta, CA" is an officially recognized ISO standard for referring to Alberta.
This article is somewhat dishonest in that it uses a Canadian case of cops roiding it up and then switch to a bunch of American cop examples, DEA, etc.
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