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Exclusive: Dashcam video clears NJ man
WABC ^ | 2/21/2014 | Sarah Wallace

Posted on 02/22/2014 8:57:26 AM PST by dirtboy

BLOOMFIELD, NJ (WABC) -- The tale of the police dashcam video has now helped clear a Bloomfield, New Jersey man who faced a multitude of criminal charges, including eluding police and assault.

Investigative Reporter Sarah Wallace obtained the dashcam tapes, and has spoken exclusively with the 30-year old DJ who was looking at years in prison.

It was quite a turnabout, all the criminal charges against Marcus Jeter have been dismissed, and two Bloomfield police officers have been indicted for falsifying reports, and one of them, for assault.

A third pleaded guilty early on to tampering. It's all thanks to those dashcam tapes. It's the video that prosecutors say they never saw when the pursued criminal charges against 30 year-old Marcus Jeter . In the video, his hands were in the air. He was charged with eluding police, resisting arrest and assault. One officer in the video can be seen throwing repeated punches.

Sarah Wallace: "It this tape hadn't surfaced?" Marcus: "I'd be in jail."

(Excerpt) Read more at abclocal.go.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New Jersey
KEYWORDS: bloomfield; dashcam; donutwatch; falsereport; justice; lyingpolice; marcusjeter; newjersey; nj; sarahwallace; tape; video
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To: Haiku Guy
It looks like this is the new SOP now that cops are being recorded. If they can say they thought the person being brutalized was going for one of their guns, just about any response, including summary execution, is fair game.

That's why they love shouting at the top of their lungs, "Stop Resisting!" Gives them an excuse to beat the "little person" to death. They know the panoramic range of their dashboard cams, so they usually get just out of that range so an observer can only hear what's going on.

21 posted on 02/22/2014 9:34:09 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Cyber Liberty

Because there were no pit bulls involved, so I can’t ping Chet...


22 posted on 02/22/2014 9:35:11 AM PST by null and void (<--- unwilling cattle-car passenger on the bullet train to serfdom)
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To: dirtboy

I hope this guy makes 100 million dollars


23 posted on 02/22/2014 9:39:43 AM PST by RaceBannon (Lk 16:31 And he said unto him If they hear not Moses and the prophets neither will theybe persuaded)
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To: GrandJediMasterYoda
What's pathetic about that video is: (1) I can almost guarantee that it's from Russia, and (2) it's probably not a police dash-cam.

It's common for civilian motorists Russia to mount dashboard cameras in their own vehicles because fraudulent accident and insurance claims are so rampant over there.

24 posted on 02/22/2014 9:40:01 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: dirtboy

WOW!

Shaking head...


25 posted on 02/22/2014 9:40:47 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: Haiku Guy
Does this corruption reach to the level of "smidgen"?

If only this Jeter played Major League Baseball, he might not be subjected to such treatment.

26 posted on 02/22/2014 9:41:03 AM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Cyber Liberty
The police will probably not get off in this case. Bloomfield, NJ is in Essex County -- which means they are going to be lucky to get a jury that has fewer than 8-10 black women on it.

Ten bucks says they cop a plea, and since they don't have any leverage they aren't going to get much of a deal.

27 posted on 02/22/2014 9:42:22 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: Verginius Rufus

It wouldn’t be outlandish if it turns out this guy is related to Derek Jeter somehow. Jeter’s maternal grandparents lived in a town right across the river from Bloomfield. His grandfather was the custodian in a high school there for years.


28 posted on 02/22/2014 9:46:04 AM PST by Alberta's Child ("I've never seen such a conclave of minstrels in my life.")
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To: dirtboy

Ho hum, another cop riot/assault.

Move along folks, you don’t want to see this.


29 posted on 02/22/2014 9:51:03 AM PST by wildbill
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To: Alberta's Child

They’ll still get special privileges in the slammer, though.


30 posted on 02/22/2014 9:54:37 AM PST by Cyber Liberty (H.L. Mencken: "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.")
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To: Paladin2
"Prosecutors are all about ignoring exculpatory evidence."

If proven in court, then those prosecutors should be given lengthy opportunities to pick up bars of soap while in prison showers.

31 posted on 02/22/2014 9:55:13 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: Carl Vehse

Of note in the article...”an investigation by Bloomfield PD’s scandal plagued internal affairs division had found no wrongdoing by officers.”

Internal affairs needs to be investigated.


32 posted on 02/22/2014 10:12:29 AM PST by Drango (A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
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To: dirtboy

These cops are goons. Thugs. And I don’t say that very often.


33 posted on 02/22/2014 10:14:48 AM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us one chance in three. More tea anyone?)
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To: dirtboy

The era of Sheriff Andy Taylor and ADAM 12 is over. We are in the era of Cops Gone Wild. There are so many of these stories nowadays.


34 posted on 02/22/2014 10:24:21 AM PST by bkopto (Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free.)
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To: dirtboy

The question remains, how many so called LEO get away with this and are ‘still at large’ ?


35 posted on 02/22/2014 10:28:45 AM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: Alberta's Child

“It’s common for civilian motorists Russia to mount dashboard cameras in their own vehicles...”

It could become popular here, with stuff like in this report going on.


36 posted on 02/22/2014 10:37:58 AM PST by jocon307
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To: Cyber Liberty

If the SHTF ever happens,a lot of people are going to be cop hunting.


37 posted on 02/22/2014 10:43:12 AM PST by Farmer Dean (stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
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To: Alberta's Child

I believe that Derek Jeter’s grandparents lived in New Milford, NJ about 20 miles from Bloomfield. The only towns across the river from New Milford would be Oradell or River Edge. Derek lived in Pequanock when he was born, even further away from Bloomfield.


38 posted on 02/22/2014 10:53:43 AM PST by gusty
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To: null and void

He’s dead Jim


39 posted on 02/22/2014 10:54:15 AM PST by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: gusty

To add, just a few miles down River Road from New Milford, on the other side of Teaneck, is Bogota. The town where Richie Incognito grew up, pre HS that is.


40 posted on 02/22/2014 10:55:38 AM PST by gusty
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