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posted by n1 on Tuesday March 28 2017, @02:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the good-cop,-bad-cop dept.

Submitted via IRC for Runaway1956

In January 2013, police raided the home of a Cleveland drug dealer, saying in a search warrant that an informant had recently bought crack cocaine there.

But the drug dealer had surveillance cameras that proved the officers were lying. He gave the tapes to his lawyer, who showed the FBI. The feds then worked to uncover a massive scandal of a rogue street-crimes unit that robbed and framed drug suspects who felt they had no choice but plead guilty to fraudulent charges.

Four years later, authorities are still unwinding the damage.

Three cops who worked for the city of East Cleveland are in prison. Cases against 22 alleged drug dealers have been dismissed. Authorities are searching for another 21 people who are eligible to have their convictions tossed. On top of those injustices, there is a slim chance that any of them will be fully reimbursed, because the disgraced officers and their former employer don't have the money.

Source: NBC News


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  • (Score: 2) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday March 28 2017, @04:11PM

    by LoRdTAW (3755) on Tuesday March 28 2017, @04:11PM (#485253) Journal

    If that's not enough, then city property should be seized, and if that's not enough, property of all the private residents of the city should be seized too (after all, the residents voted for, and are responsible for their local government).

    A. It's easy to say that when it isn't your municipality.
    B. Not everyone votes for the same elected official.
    C. Get back to me after they seize your property to pay compensation for government screw ups. I'm sure you'll be more than happy and willing to see your home auctioned off.

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