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when police mistake crack for candy.. - mrblue - 01-27-2010 Two Bronx men were locked up and left to rot in a filthy jail cell for nearly a week after a pair of cops mistook their candy for a bag of crack. The “drugs” were finally tested five days later and determined to be popular Coco (coconut) Candy. The charges were dropped. The trouble began the night of Jan. 15, as José Pena, a 48-year-old plumber, and his longtime pal and colleague Cesar Rodriguez, 33, were headed to a party, and decided to stop at a bodega on 181st Street and the Grand Concourse. When they came out, cops were waiting and asked to search their Ford minivan. “I said ‘Go search.’ I even opened the door,” Rodriguez told The Post. Lesson #1: Never, ever, ever, ever, agree to a search. If you’re guilty, you’re helping them catch you. If you’re innocent, you’re wasting your time, you’re taking a chance since they aren’t required to fix anything they break, you’re leaving yourself open for being charged for something you didn’t know about that fell out of a friend’s pocket, and you’ve got the possibility that a couple of morons will think your coconut candy is crack and throw you in jail for a week. An officer rummaged around, came out holding a “Hello Kitty” sandwich bag, and shouted “Bingo!” the men said. “It’s only candy!” Rodriguez said, as the cops handcuffed him and Pena, and several other police cars rushed to the scene. [...] “Can you test it? Can you taste it?” Rodriguez asked the cops. “Shut up!” they replied. “I didn’t know having candy was a crime,” he said. [...] The Bronx District Attorney’s office confirmed that the case was dropped after authorities realized there were no drugs. The NYPD had no comment. Today’s drug war. Guilty until proven innocent. when police mistake crack for candy.. - mrblue - 01-27-2010 cops are stupid.. this story makes me hate them more.. when police mistake crack for candy.. - Friday The 13th - 01-28-2010 I had already posted this same exact story lol. But it's cool, and cops are pretty stupid lol. when police mistake crack for candy.. - mrblue - 01-28-2010 I never saw it haha when police mistake crack for candy.. - Friday The 13th - 01-30-2010 It's cool I don't mind really