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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 28 2017, @05:56PM
He's a troll, whether intentional or not. All about 'Murica and Freedom until it bumps up against his righteous meter. Then he gets the kick of self-righteous justice smacking down the bla... *cough* bad people. This is the guy who further up the thread had to toss in a basketball reference in his football analogy because apparently he must always point out that he is addressing a "different" part of the population. Now I won't go full blown "he's racist" but c'mon, the guy obviously can't let go of some deeply ingrained beliefs. He already stated it isn't justice, but continues on about criminal records because deep down he is just so happy that some shit got piled on people he doesn't like. The "modern" concept of justice is truly outside his domain, apparently he can't fathom why we let people we "know" are criminals walk freely in the streets. Here's a hint VLM, belief and evidence are not the same thing for a good goddamn reason.