Bike Intelligencer » sam brown hamster wheel http://bikeintelligencer.com All bike, all the time Sat, 04 May 2013 01:18:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Sam Brown's body lies a-molderin' http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/01/sam-browns-body-lies-a-molderin-2/ http://bikeintelligencer.com/2010/01/sam-browns-body-lies-a-molderin-2/#comments Mon, 11 Jan 2010 21:45:45 +0000 Paul Andrews, BI editor http://bikeintelligencer.wordpress.com/?p=1746 God this is ugly. The guy who ratted out Sam Brown, the once-celeb freeride mountain biker who hanged himself after being arrested in a drug sting last year — the guy who ratted him out was himself a major drug kingpin. And he ratted Sam Brown out in return for a promise of immunity from prosecution. In other words, so he could keep doing business trafficking illegal drugs, Colin Martin of Malakwa, B.C., sent Sam Brown to his grave.

In carefree days

We were sorry to see Brown get caught up in this tawdry underworld. It was his own choice, as an article in Rolling Stone made clear. But he didn’t deserve this kind of slime, and the whole sorry episode — I mean, is law enforcement in this case any better than the scuzz it seeks to prosecute? — stands as yet another argument for legalizing drugs, taxing them to the hilt, and ending the garbage industry of drug running.

Times Colonist article (see comments queue).

Sam’s “hamster wheel.”

Rolling Stone article.

CBC television show.

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