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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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Body Cam Records Baltimore Cop Planting Drugs While Two Others Watch
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(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @12:15PM
How much evidence do you need to change your level of trust in the police?
This story should shift your trust a little downward.
In a hypothetical world in which police are trustworthy: there is no need for oversight, their testimony is worth more than non-police, they are not subject to cognitive bias, and their judgement is unquestionable.
Every time police are caught fabricating evidence, stealing naked pictures from phones, finding an ex-wife, stalking people they know, destroying body cams, lying under oath, smelling drugs that don't exist, arresting people without cause, .......... that hypothetical world becomes less likely to reflect our own.
Remember this next time. Remember that other police stood by. Realize that other police in the department are likely aware that some of their peers are criminals of the worst sort.