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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.
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Repackaged.
(Score: 2) by kaszz on Friday July 21 2017, @09:53AM (4 children)
Don't worry, the shooting of a unarmed yoga teacher on 2017-07-17 past the patrol partner by a police with Somali origin in the USA will make sure it will be lost way before.
There is probably a lot more stories of this kind. And actually it perhaps time that the public adjust the trust in the police in accordance with reality to avoid unhealthy mistakes.
(Score: 3, Interesting) by Justin Case on Friday July 21 2017, @12:17PM (2 children)
Yet there are actually people on Wikipedia arguing that this is pretty normal and not notable and therefore the article about "just another cop shoots citizen" should be deleted. You know, to keep the peace or something.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Shooting_of_Justine_Damond [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 2) by nobu_the_bard on Friday July 21 2017, @12:43PM (1 child)
Many Wikipedians are for deletion of everything they possibly can. They basically won't be satisfied until Wikipedia is totally content free. Them wanting to delete it is not a huge surprise.
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday July 21 2017, @09:10PM
Considering the recent parallels to the 1930s, burning virtual unpleasant books isn't exactly a shocker.
(Score: 2) by cmdrklarg on Friday July 21 2017, @10:54PM
Actually the whole debacle with the Castile killing and the cop being found not guilty had pretty much eroded any trust already. Now that an attractive white woman has been killed by police for absolutely no discernible reason I predict something constructive will finally be done, at least in the Twin Cities area.
I blame the military style training cops get these days. People are not innocents to be protected, they are threats to be dealt with. It's no wonder cops are killing innocent people when they are drilled into the belief that everyone is a threat to their safety.
Instead they need to get a clue and practice de-escalation. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/salt-lake-city-police-de-escalation_us_591c9070e4b03b485cae1129 [huffingtonpost.com]
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.