NYPD cops confused Jolly Rancher candies for crystal meth: suit

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““I don’t know if these cops have been watching ‘Breaking Bad,’ but my client is not Walter White,” said lawyer Kenneth Smith, who filed the suit Tuesday in Brooklyn Federal Court.”

By JOHN MARZULLI | NEW YORK DAILY NEWS | OCT 17, 2013 | 10:18PM

Richard Fowler coverage: NYPD Mistakes Jolly Ranchers For Meth

The Fowler Show - Published on Oct 28, 2013

Join #FOWLERNATION!! http://bit.ly/14crV4D A Brooklyn man was arrested and detained for 24 hours by NYPD officers after they allegedly mistook the Jolly Rancher candies in his pocket for rocks of methamphetamine. Love Olatunjiojo says he and two friends had just purchased the sweets at the Coney Island candy megastore It'Sugar and were walking away when they were stopped by Officer Jermaine Taylor.