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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: 2) by urza9814 on Friday July 21 2017, @09:49PM (1 child)

    by urza9814 (3954) on Friday July 21 2017, @09:49PM (#542591) Journal

    If sale, manufacture, and distribution are all illegal, then the substance is still evidence of a crime, and could be seized on those grounds. And in fact it might make prosecution easier -- if possession is banned, they can't compel you to testify about where you got the drugs, because that would incriminate you for possession which violates the fifth amendment. But if you only ban distribution and manufacture, they CAN compel you to testify, then they can go bust your dealer.

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  • (Score: 2) by Immerman on Saturday July 22 2017, @12:33PM

    by Immerman (3985) on Saturday July 22 2017, @12:33PM (#542874)

    Okay, I suppose that could work. So long as we're not talking about the most popular of illegal drugs, which literally grows as a weed in a wide range of conditions.