Utah Cops Interrupt Husband's Last Goodbyes to Grab Dead Woman's Pain Pills

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Barbara Alice Mahaffey, an elderly resident of Vernal, Utah, died at home of colon cancer on May 21 as her husband of 58 years stood at her side. The death of his long-time spouse was bad enough, but what came next has Ben Mahaffey furious—and heading to court.


Barbara Alice Mahaffey (family photo)
Mahaffey, 80, filed a lawsuit against the city of Vernal earlier this month charging that Vernal police interrupted his last goodbyes by searching his house for her prescription pain medication without a warrant within minutes after her death. Mahaffey said he was distraught and trying to ensure that his wife's body would be transported to a funeral home with dignity when police insisted he help them look for drugs.

"I was holding her hand and saying goodbye when all the intrusion happened," he told the Deseret News.

According to Mahaffey, his wife died at 12:35am with him and an EMT at her side. About 10 minutes later, a mortician and hospice worker arrived, accompanied by police. Mahaffey says he doesn’t know how police came to be there, but that they treated him as if he were going to sell the drug on the street.


http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2013/jan/14/utah_cops_interrupt_husbands_las
 
slimvictor said:
The war on drugs is a war on people.
It affects everyone, even old people who do not use illegal drugs.
It is destroying the world.
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It creates a sort of witch hunt as shown here. Just like in the witch hunts, police play roulette on the highways and interstates of america. They pull over random vehicles after profiling the drivers. There aren't any other crimes where cops resort to such trickery to catch suspects.
 
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