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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: 1) by khallow on Tuesday March 28 2017, @06:03PM
Today he's abusing energy drinks, tomorrow it could be Heroin!
Dude, they apparently already committed several dozen felonies concerning this tampering with evidence and theft. That theft requires some elaboration. We have this group stealing $100k from a victim and putting him in jail for two years on false evidence. We have the person who first documented these criminal cops working with the FBI and getting shook down of $3k by one of the officers at a traffic stop while wearing a wire for the FBI.
We're way beyond abusing energy drinks. These guys were as crooked as a snake.