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Bodycam video shows LAPD cop planting drugs on black suspect: lawyer
NY Post ^ | November 10, 2017 | Chris Perez

Posted on 11/11/2017 8:28:17 AM PST by Leaning Right

Bodycam video allegedly shows an LAPD officer planting drugs inside a black suspect’s wallet.

*snip*

The suspect, Ronald Shields, 52, was arrested at the time and charged with felony hit-and-run and possession of cocaine. Officers claimed in the police report that they found a small bag of coke in the front left pocket of Shields’ shirt.

But bodycam video apparently tells a different story.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: California
KEYWORDS: bodycam; donutwatch; jackbootedthugs; lapd; leo; planting; wod
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Video is at the link. And it sure does look suspicious. One of the cops testified in court that the drugs were found in the suspect's shirt pocket. But the video shows the drugs in the suspect's wallet.

However, also from the article:

Despite [defense attorney] Levine’s argument, the judge in the case said Thursday that he did not see things the same way on the video.

1 posted on 11/11/2017 8:28:17 AM PST by Leaning Right
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To: Leaning Right

Lord!

We live in a world where demonic forces are on “both sides” of the law trying to drag us all down with them.

Evil Cops & Evil People.


2 posted on 11/11/2017 8:32:59 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal (Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
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To: Leaning Right

Maybe it was found in the pocket, thrown down, after finding it, picked upm and put in the wallet and confiscated.

I don’t see much here IMO.


3 posted on 11/11/2017 8:36:12 AM PST by dforest
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To: Leaning Right

Not only did he testify to that, but the police report also reports that.


4 posted on 11/11/2017 8:39:35 AM PST by Theoria (I should never have surrendered. I should have fought until I was the last man alive)
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To: Leaning Right

I fail to see why the Officer was Not immediately REMANDED in to custody for Felony Perjury? Judge needs to be FIRED.


5 posted on 11/11/2017 8:40:12 AM PST by eyeamok (Tolerance: The virtue of having a belief in Nothing!)
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To: Leaning Right

Wallet or shirt, which was it?

News writers.... (sigh)


6 posted on 11/11/2017 8:40:27 AM PST by WildHighlander57 ((WildHighlander57, returning after lurking since 2000)
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To: dforest

> Maybe it was found in the pocket, thrown down, after finding it, picked up and put in the wallet and confiscated. <

I thought about the same thing. It’s also quite possible that the suspect himself threw the drugs on the ground. But even then the cops are in error for putting the drugs in the wallet.

That’s evidence-tampering, and if that’s what happened it should not be tolerated.


7 posted on 11/11/2017 8:42:26 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Despite [defense attorney] Levine’s argument, the judge in the case said Thursday that he did not see things the same way on the video.

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Why didn’t the NYPost expand on that and provide more details?


8 posted on 11/11/2017 8:42:47 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Leaning Right

“the judge in the case said Thursday that he did not see things the same way on the video.“

Good thing it’s up to a jury.

L


9 posted on 11/11/2017 8:43:36 AM PST by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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> Wallet or shirt, which was it? <

Cops say shirt. Video shows wallet. And yes, it’s poor writing. I had to read it over a couple of times before I got the picture.


10 posted on 11/11/2017 8:45:04 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

The article is useless without the video for us to judge for ourselves.


11 posted on 11/11/2017 8:49:15 AM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: Moonman62

The only other info I can find:

The Los Angeles Police Protective League, a labor union for officers, disputed Levine’s allegations.

“A criminal defense attorney’s selective use of body worn camera footage does not tell the entire story,” it said. “We believe the truth will be uncovered upon the completion of the internal review and we believe the officers will be vindicated.”


12 posted on 11/11/2017 8:49:27 AM PST by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Leaning Right
And it sure does look suspicious.

Two things I find suspicious.

1: No audio. There is a reason for that.

2: One would have to assume that the police officer spends his day on the job with multiple bags of cocaine on his person, with a VERY high risk of being around drug dogs.

If you watch the hand movements, they imply that the officer picked up the bag off the ground. He then comes around and shows the other officer and the suspect the bag and says he is putting it in the wallet.

How did the 'bag' get on the ground. Same way the billfold was found on the ground. The officers had him on the ground arresting/handcuffing him and pulled everything out of his pockets as they searched him. In the video you can see multiple items on the ground. That is why the other officers stated the bag was ORIGINALLY in his shirt pocket.

Remember, this guy was in a high speed chase, had a gun in his trunk, and committed a hit and run. Why would it be 'necessary' to plant drugs on him ?

13 posted on 11/11/2017 8:50:00 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: marktwain

There is good quality video at the link. Perhaps your browser cannot play it?


14 posted on 11/11/2017 8:51:51 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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To: Leaning Right

hmm... I don’t think it necessarily proves planting the evidence but I think it does put into question the possession charge (The officer might’ve found it on the ground and we already can’t trust the officer’s testimony).

I’d throw that out and leave the hit and run charges.

I don’t think there’s enough here for perjury on the part of the officer either because you can’t prove planting the evidence from the video (the drugs might’ve been on the ground and the officer assumed they belonged to the perp).

More to the point - officers should NOT have control over when and where the cameras get turned on. They should be recording at all times when on-duty.


15 posted on 11/11/2017 8:54:07 AM PST by Skywise
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Yes. .the police had a car hit the suspect and then they put a brick on the suspect's gas pedal so that it would look like he was running. . then when they pulled him over, they put the gun in the trunk, then the cocaine went into the wallet. . yea, that's the ticket. . COPS GUILTY!!!

Clearly this upstanding citizen would not, under any circumstance, be expected to have coke on his person.

16 posted on 11/11/2017 8:54:32 AM PST by McBuff (To be, rather than to seem)
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To: Leaning Right

You Tube link=> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqFk9hOollo


17 posted on 11/11/2017 8:54:42 AM PST by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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But even then the cops are in error for putting the drugs in the wallet.

Why in error? The officer clearly shows it to the perp and other officer and places it in the wallet. Since it is likely he found it on the ground, the intent would be to keep it from blowing away. Showing it to the other officer and the perp was just to identify it and show why it was put in the billfold.

Do you think this officer just carried around cocaine so he could plant it on this guy, who was a paragon of virtue ? Given the crimes the guy had just committed, why would he even care to plant drugs on the perp?

18 posted on 11/11/2017 8:55:25 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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> No audio. There is a reason for that. <

Evidently when an LAPD officer activates his body cam, it records both audio and video. But the cam automatically saves the last 30 seconds that were recorded before the activation, without audio.

> Why would it be ‘necessary’ to plant drugs on him? <

Good point. Maybe the drugs belonged to the suspect all along. But the cops decided to put the drugs in the suspect’s wallet to make for a stronger case. Something sure doesn’t look right here.


19 posted on 11/11/2017 9:00:19 AM PST by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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NYPOST selling laundry detergent using an incident that was about as far away from New York as one can go without taking a ship or airliner.


20 posted on 11/11/2017 9:00:28 AM PST by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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