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: 4, Insightful) by JoeMerchant on Friday July 21 2017, @03:00PM
By the letter of the law, I've "earned" >1000x as many tickets as I have received, as have >99/100 cars I meet on the road.
When it comes time to actually write a ticket, I'd agree with you, about 1/3 are more or less factually based, the other 2/3 are lacking proof or just outright made up BS to give them an excuse to fill their quota. Profiling, misuse of measurement equipment, fishing for confessions, especially the last two days of the month.
Thankfully, profiling is starting to work for me instead of against: grey-white hair, I've only been cited once in the past 10 years.
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