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 bziman on Friday July 21 2017, @01:56PM
Do you really believe that the sort of people who would collect and use those sorts of weapons are deterred by laws against their possession? The reality is that most individuals have no interest in them, and even fewer have the means to acquire them. But the ones who do, get them anyway. Laws against the possession of a thing is entirely stupid.