More video emerges of suspected drug planting by Baltimore police

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

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AUGUST 2, 2017 / 12:28 PM / AN HOUR AGO

More video emerges of suspected drug planting by Baltimore police

Jonathan Allen

(Reuters) - The Baltimore public defender's office has obtained body camera videos it said showed several police officers planting drugs in a man's car during a traffic stop, the second such episode to emerge from the city in as many weeks.

One of the videos published this week show an officer searching around the driver's seat for about a minute but finding nothing after a traffic stop on Nov. 29 last year. Two others recorded about 20 minutes later show another officer searching the same area.

"Did anybody check this compartment?" the second officer can be heard saying in the footage, moments before emerging with a black plastic bag. "Oh here you go," he says. "Oh yeah. That's the weed smell right there."

The videos were released by the lawyer of one of two people in the car who were arrested on drugs charges. The charges were dropped on Monday, the Baltimore Sun said.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-maryland-police-idUSKBN1AI27U

[WhiskeyGrinder]

1. Protecting and serving capitalsm.

[WinstonSmith00]

2. War on drugs

Is a war on US citizens to oppress, steal, and plunder our citizens wealth. There is no point to this civil war except to destroy society.

[Thrill]

3. Police have been doing this to people for over 30 yrs

Just starting to come out because of technology.

[SamKnause]

4. Lower than scum !!!

The majority have always been crooks and frauds.

[Lee-Lee]

5. Baltimore has had some deep seated issues for a long time

I hope they nail those guys hard.