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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 Arik on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:17AM (1 child)

    by Arik (4543) on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:17AM (#485669) Journal
    "The first part is simple, we pay cops to break the law as their job all the time."

    No we don't.

    "Civilians aren't allowed to break the speed limit to catch people, or handcuff people and lock them up, or shoot people who need shooting."

    Yes we are. The speed limit, for instance, is a traffic rule and all of those can be violated in emergencies or when safety requires it. We can absolutely shoot, handcuff, and arrest criminals when necessary.

    The difference is the cop has the department and the union behind them if something goes wrong, and we don't, so it's more dangerous for us. So we let them do their job when possible. But when not possible, we can certainly do it. They have no powers that are not delegated to them by the people, and the people cannot delegate a power they do not have.

    "Compared to those examples, adjusting evidence held by scummy career criminals is, I admit, probably worse than speeding to catch a criminal, but not nearly as severe as shooting a suspect."

    Tampering with evidence is a crime that strikes the justice system to the core, particularly when done under the color of law. You're talking perjury as well. To minimize that as a minor matter really makes it clear you don't have any respect for the law at all.

    "but most people in Cleveland do not deserve victimization"

    Exactly why they need a functioning legal system, not a bunch of criminals wearing badges.
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:38PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 29 2017, @04:38PM (#486004)

    Just remember that there are professional all shills. Either there are more crazy people here than expected or there are employees of organizations doing their best to increase the chaos. Or a troll, there are those weirdos getting off on misleading / lying to people