NYPD NOT slacking off small weed busts

via BestWeekEver we were directed to Pitchfork's coverage of Broken Social Scene member Dave Newfeld's arrest and beat-down by NY police for a $20 pot purchase last week. dam! what happened to the reports that NYPD was cutting back on the ridiculous amount of time and effort spent on these petty arrests.

the article contains lots detail on the whole scene, including items that support a few of CityRag's weed advice and info (like don’t buy weed on the street, and if you do get busted, you can count on riding around in the police van for a few hours while they bust more people.)

UPDATE: LustyLady sent us a link to the Voice's inside story on the guy that sold the weed! - I Sold Weed to Broken Social Scene and All I Got Was Free Wireless