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Shai Werts, Georgia Southern University's star quarterback, was pulled over for speeding. The police officer insisted that a white substance smeared on Werts' car's hood was cocaine. He used a roadside drug test to "prove it."
It was bird poop. washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08…
It was bird poop. washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/08…
As we reported in 2016, tens of thousands of people every year are sent to jail based on the results of a $2 roadside drug test. Evidence shows that these tests routinely produce false positives. But police departments and prosecutors are still using them propublica.org/article/common…
It's a good time to revisit all of @ryangabrielson and @ReporterTopher's reporting: propub.li/2ZNOEmi
