There's something I've seen several times on TV and in movies where a police officer will cut open a package, dip his finger in it, lick his finger, and say "It's definitely cocaine" or something. Is that really a safe practice? Aren't they ingesting it themselves when they do that? And how do they know what it tastes like?
shareIt's not about the taste, cocaine is a local anesthetic similar to lidocaine. The tongue feels numb after contact.
Is it a safe practice? No.
I was told by a Cop I know that this is just movie nonsense
That cliche even permeated a great movie like Goodfellas
Cops don't do that (what if it's coke cut with some toxin??)
That doesn't happen unless the Cop is a total dumbass
Cops don't do that (what if it's coke cut with some toxin??)
That doesn't happen unless the Cop is a total dumbass
I read an article years ago written by a cop who debunked all the procedures shown on crime shows. The tasting technique is totally fictitious for the reason you stated... maybe the stuff was laced with rat poison? I remember this being a common plot device on the original Hawaii Five-O. Jack Lord would arrest a suspect and cut open the bag of drugs and dip his finger in it. "Pure cocaine... book 'im, Danno!"
Another myth the author mentioned was the gun with a silencer making the thwip... thwip... chirp-like sound. This is what suppressors (the correct term) sound like in real life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ak-QH9x8Hcc
That’s it, and some calibers are much louder than others.
shareGood video👍
The whole 'suppressor' thing is so overdone in movies
Speaking of weapons, I wonder if Dirty Harry could have actually driven around SF with a 44 Magnum...Seems to me that law enforcement agencies have guidelines for the firearms the officers use
Think of the scene in Pulp Fiction where Mia Wallace finds the baggy filled with white powder in Vincent Vega’s overcoat. She thinks it’s coke and snorts it, and would have died without the adrenaline injection. Coke has been cut with baby powder, baby laxative, elephant tranquilizer, heroin—ANY white powder. There have been times when the heroin market has been weaker than the demand for coke, so it made economic sense to cut the yayo with smack. Don’t snort, smoke or shoot any white powder without KNOWING what you’re doing. Most folks involved with illicit drugs don’t know.