COJ #195 - From Door-Kicker to Whistleblower: Former Top Cop Barry Cooper’s Case Against Bad Laws, Bad Raids & Plea for Better Policing

Barry Cooper was once among the top drug agents in Texas — the youngest on his task force, with more arrests than the 30 agents beside him. Then one raid changed everything, and he flipped, becoming the man behind “Never Get Busted” and the cop-busting stings that made him a target of the very system he once served. 

Joining investigative journalists ⁠⁠Mandy Matney and ⁠Liz Farrell⁠⁠ from his self-imposed exile in Vietnam, Barry pulls back the curtain on why cops really become cops, the “legal thievery” of civil asset forfeiture, why no-knock raids are unnecessary theater, and his radical blueprint for fixing American policing. 

He also opens up about lawfare, PTSD, his award-winning documentary, and the 95% dismissal rate he’s earned freeing people from the drug war he once fought.

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"From Busted to Better" book on Amazon 📖

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