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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: 4, Informative) by art guerrilla on Wednesday March 29 2017, @12:01AM (2 children)

    by art guerrilla (3082) on Wednesday March 29 2017, @12:01AM (#485564)

    oh sweet geebus:
    AS IF there is a true choice among the candidates, and NOT JUST Candidate A from one branch of the Korporate Money Party, and Candidate B from the other branch of the Korporate Money Party... WHAT THE FUCK 'good' does going to all the meetings, engaging in YOUR brand of the Korporate Money Party's organizing meetings, when there is ONLY going to be a 'choice' between tweedle-dee, and tweedle-dum made by the bankrolling puppet masters who despise the 99% ? ? ?
    did you just get out of 7th grade civics class and ACTUALLY believe all that propaganda ? ? ?
    *sheesh* i can not believe an adult over the age of 21 could spout such risible nonsense...
    um, sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings, snowflake, but there ain't no America no more, it is Empire all the way down, sparklepony...

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @12:15AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @12:15AM (#485570)

    Those candidates from Korporate Money Party don't just pop out of thin air. They still have to start at the bottom of the political barrel that is being a local politician and work their way up. These people are already active in politics long before the reach seats in congress or the senate or the presidency. If you don't oppose them at the local level you can't expect to do so at the national. At least I LISTENED in 7th grade civics class and didn't just roll my eyes because it did not fit with my world view, eyed the cheerleader with the very low neckline sitting next to me or stared blankly out the window because I couldn't grasp what was being said. You my poor friend have fallen for the lie that is our political structure is broken. It's not, it's just getting rather ugly right now because some people can't deal with not getting they want.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:25AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @06:25AM (#485709)

      It's not, it's just getting rather ugly right now because some people can't deal with not getting they want.

      The majority of the constituencies are getting what they want the most.

      The majority of the voters care a lot more about stuff like abortion, gun rights than they do about other stuff and they vote accordingly.

      The majority of the corporations behind the lobbyists don't really care that much about such stuff (they'll publicly go along with whatever the majority of the voters want). The corporations care more about lower taxes and regulations, and strengthening+increasing their monopolies. And that is why you see corporations funding both R and D candidates. As long as the candidates will support their goals and have a chance of winning they get the $$$$. The other candidates don't.

      The winning candidates get power, position and $$$$$$.

      Thus "everyone" gets what they want the most. Win-win right?

      The problem is when "everyone" wants stuff that's not good for them in the long run. But who really knows what's good in the long run? And good for who/what?