Posted on 10/06/2009 9:45:12 PM PDT by Chet 99
Three Los Angeles police officers were charged with perjury and conspiracy Tuesday for allegedly lying under oath in a drug-possession case that was dismissed last year when a videotape sharply contradicted their testimony.
The felony charges mark the most serious allegations of police perjury in Los Angeles since the LAPD's Rampart scandal about a decade ago.
Prosecutors allege in court documents that two officers falsely testified during the trial that they saw a suspect throw an object that split open to reveal crack and powder cocaine. They said they immediately recovered the drugs. A third officer is accused of falsely claiming in an earlier court hearing that he did not help his two colleagues search for the drugs.
The drug trial ended dramatically when a defense attorney produced grainy surveillance video of the area shortly after the arrest took place. The quality of the tape, a copy of which was obtained by The Times, is poor but shows a group of officers searching for more than 20 minutes before one announces that drugs have been found.
It is difficult to hear what is being said, but at one point an officer seems to make a reference to the arrest report that needed to be filled out.
"Be creative in your writing," the officer appears to tell another after the drugs are found.
"Oh yeah, don't worry, sin duda [no doubt]," is the reply.
After viewing the video a judge took the unusual step of declaring the defendant to be "factually innocent."
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Question:
How can you tell when a cop is lying?
When he starts writing you a ticket.
When he moves his mouth? /cynicism
Now how the heck did THAT happen? Are these affirmative action children?
Toast x 3.
Yep. LAPD hiring panel turned them down, city’s personnel department hired them anyway.
Of course the court that ORDERED this never had to deal with cases arising from the aftermath....
And this sounds really BAD even from the synopsis on the looie leftist Wikipedia. Basically they hired a bunch of hip hop guys who couldn’t separate their life from their “art.” (Well, that’s the Rampart folks.)
sin duda?
Translation?
Without a doubt.
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