A Baltimore cop, identified as Richard Pinheiro, was recorded on video planting drugs then "finding" them moments later - in front of two other unnamed cops. The video was made possible due to Pinheiro's body camera being designed to keep the 30 seconds of video prior to it being "switched on".
Charges against the civilian suspect have been dropped; no word yet on any criminal charges against any of the three cops.
Also at Ars Technica, The Baltimore Sun, USA Today and vox.com.
(Score: 2) by Mykl on Friday July 21 2017, @06:26AM (3 children)
I think GP was referring to a post about a month back (too lazy to look) in which another Police Officer was busted submitting faked body-cam footage. His excuse was that his body-cam wasn't on at the time, so after the arrest he went back and 're-created' the scene to show the court what happened. This was not announced up-front - only after caught out.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @07:51AM
A link to such a story would be informative. I did not see it, myself.
(Score: 4, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday July 21 2017, @03:01PM (1 child)
Hey look, another reason to have the fucking body cam on all the time.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @08:36PM
Just makes them better at hiding their crimes (for those who get slightly embarrassed at getting caught, or get bored with "administrative leave" since they can't roam about extorting or shooting people).