By Joshua Taylor
Guilty until proven
innocent? I tried to sell my MacBook using Craigslist, then three cops
showed up, handcuffed me, and put a weapon to my back.
Joshua Taylor listed his old MacBook on Craigslist for extra cash. But after meeting a potential buyer at a coffee shop, the 25-year-old was detained by officers—two dressed in tactical gear and a third in plainclothes—from the Atlanta Police Department. Taylor would soon learn he was the target of a mysterious, and botched, sting operation.
The architecture student is the son of Goldie Taylor, a political commentator and editor-at-large for The Daily Beast. On Monday, Taylor released a statement saying police never identified themselves, acted without probable cause, enacted a warrantless search and used a decoy to lure her son to Caribou Coffee in the Buckhead business district.
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