Baltimore drops nearly 300 cases due to alleged misconduct

Associated Press ^ | Sep 27, 2017 6:01 PM EDT | Juliet Linderman

[Olog-hai]

Baltimore prosecutors say nearly 300 cases have been dropped due to four allegations of police misconduct, including three body camera videos appearing to show officers planting evidence or re-enacting searches, and a federal indictment of eight officers on racketeering and fraud charges.

Deputy State’s Attorney Janice Bledsoe said Wednesday that a total of 278 cases have so far been dismissed, including 109 in response to the indictment, and another 169 related to officers involved in the three videos.

The indictment accuses eight officers of racketeering in a scheme that included illegally detaining and robbing Baltimore residents and fraudulently filing for overtime not worked.

Other officers appear to have inadvertently recorded more than they intended to, since the body camera captures roughly 30 seconds of preceding video whenever an officer activates the device. …

[Gigantor]

The Police were just doing their jobs, following standard procedure. There is no record of any policeman ever violating a citizen’s rights.

/s

[JoSixChip]

Who know what’s true in a crap hole like that. Living prof that you get what you vote for.

[Vlad The Inhaler]

Another black run Utiopia.

Baltimore, Maryland

Zimbabwe, Maryland

[Gay State Conservative]

Isn't Baltimore the runner up in the race for the title of “America's Murder Capital”?

[libertylover]

...and a federal indictment of eight officers on racketeering and fraud charges.

Whoa there, whoa! Who let the AP off the plantation? The narrative is supposed to be that the Trump administration is all in favor of dirty cops.

[Uncle Miltie]

How many Republicans in the chain of command?

[AnotherUnixGeek]

including three body camera videos appearing to show officers planting evidence or re-enacting searches

...and this is yet another piece of data demonstrating that all police officers should be required to wear body cameras, running and capturing their actions at all times while they are on the job. We of course need the police and we give them great power over us. We also need to monitor their use of that power.

[TChris]

We also need to monitor their use of that power.

Agreed. It's just too easy to become corrupted.

[TChris]

What really needs to happen when these abuses are revealed is for those officers committing perjury and abusing their power to be sent to jail on contempt of court.

If LEOs have no skin in the game except getting some cases thrown out, this crap will never even slow down.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Sounds like a perfectly good reason to appoint a special prosecutor (Rudy Guilanni) have him deputize a crew of legal proctologists, and armed with the RICO statute, examine every big city, going back as far as possible.

What’s the difference between the mafia, the municipal unions, and big city democRATs?

Just like the Hildabeast and Debbie Washrag Schultz....I can’t tell you the difference.

[Molon Labbie]

We should also keep in mind that Baltimore recruits in ...

Baltimore.

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

Maryland “Freak State” PING!