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Body Cam Records Baltimore Cop Planting Drugs While Two Others Watch

posted by martyb on Friday July 21 2017, @01:17AM   Printer-friendly
from the Alexa-don't-watch-me-do-crime dept.

Scrutinizer writes:

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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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by tangomargarine on Friday July 21 2017, @03:01PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Friday July 21 2017, @03:01PM (#542393)

    Hey look, another reason to have the fucking body cam on all the time.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @08:36PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 21 2017, @08:36PM (#542552)
    Doesn't really help if the cops aren't sent to prison and effectively get away with their crimes.

    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).