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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   
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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• Re:Dont Worry.. (Score: 3, Insightful) by Thexalon on Friday July 21 2017, @03:06PM

  by Thexalon (636) on Friday July 21 2017, @03:06PM (#542395)

  Yeah, thanks to video we are starting to see irrefutable evidence of what many already knew: cops can steal and even kill innocent civilians with utter impunity.

  And yet, for some reason, prosecutors and at least enough jurors find a way to not see that irrefutable evidence. Which is one reason that the cops continue to act with impunity.

  The impression I get from some folks is "Cop shot him? He musta done something!" Which is a fundamentally authoritarian argument.

  --
  The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.

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