That said, I also would bet that some ambulance-chasing parasite (Lawyer), will NOT sue the cop for the damage to the target accused drug buyer, but rather will cost Taxpayers a ton of money when the City is sued, and the payout comes from the Taxpayer.
In ANY case of LEO malfeasance/criminal activity, I believe ONLY the inividual should be allowed to be held accountable (monetarily), and the Litigation Lotto should NOT be on the backs of Taxpayers.
This should be right up your alley. I defend cops all the time, but I try to be fair.
These guys are real criminal geniuses. They cannot even plant evidence without being caught by their own dashcam...
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I saw the video and the officer does appear to pull a baggy out of his pocket and place it in the vehicle. If this is the case, ALL of the previous arrests made by this officer have to be scrutinized. All of his previous sworn testimony has to be scrutinized. Very frightening stuff, the factor and I applaud you for bringing it to the attention of FReepers.
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Police Officers who do the right thing don’t need to be defended. Their actions speak for them. Its POS’s like these two that give the honest and hard working ones, of which there are few these days, a bad name. All they did was stoke the anti-cop fervor some more.
May I suggest that you bring this to the attention of local media in Utica?
Unfortunately they almost always tend to pay a much lesser penalty than any non LEO would caught in similar circumstances.
There is a point of no return - past which an organization built to enforce the law becomes nothing more than an ongoing criminal conspiracy. And those boys in blue look out for their own. By by “their own” they often mean the most reprehensible sort of scum.
UPD says the entire video tells a different story.
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/FULL-DASHCAM-VIDEO-OF-21111-Utica-traffic-stop-136602198.html
Snippets on youtube NEVER tell the whole story.