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In January 2013, police raided the home of a Cleveland drug dealer, saying in a search warrant that an informant had recently bought crack cocaine there.
But the drug dealer had surveillance cameras that proved the officers were lying. He gave the tapes to his lawyer, who showed the FBI. The feds then worked to uncover a massive scandal of a rogue street-crimes unit that robbed and framed drug suspects who felt they had no choice but plead guilty to fraudulent charges.
Four years later, authorities are still unwinding the damage.
Three cops who worked for the city of East Cleveland are in prison. Cases against 22 alleged drug dealers have been dismissed. Authorities are searching for another 21 people who are eligible to have their convictions tossed. On top of those injustices, there is a slim chance that any of them will be fully reimbursed, because the disgraced officers and their former employer don't have the money.
Source: NBC News
(Score: 1) by Guppy on Tuesday March 28 2017, @10:42PM
What a bunch of BS. Personally I think the cops should be pardoned and given a slap on the wrist "you morons best not get caught next time".
The problem with corruption is that it tends not to stay in a nice little box. You imagine the predators will stay in their own territory forever, feeding off "those people" over there. Doesn't work that way. The predators will become more numerous, their appetites will increase. Eventually there won't be quite enough prey for them in their natural territory, and they'll start to feed on different prey, even if the taste is not quite to their liking. Eventually they'll have to start feeding elsewhere.