Body camera video allegedly shows Baltimore cop planting evidence
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Source: CNN
New video casts a glaring light on Baltimore police practices as the department and city grapple with a distrustful public and record-setting violent crime.
The video reportedly shows what happened during what might otherwise have been a typical drug bust on January 24. Released by the Office of the Public Defender, the video purports to show a Baltimore police officer planting evidence at the scene of a drug arrest.
The Baltimore Police Department has launched an investigation and held a news conference releasing other videos while offering a timeline of events.
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The video, recorded on police body-worn cameras, shows the officer placing a plastic bag into a food can, then partially hiding it under a piece of debris. Thirty seconds later the audio begins, and the officer says, "I'm going to check here. Hold on," as his colleagues laugh. The officer then gives a cursory look at other items in the debris-strewn lot and appears to stumble onto the drugs in the can.
"Yo!" the officer shouts at his colleagues as he holds up the small cellophane bag containing several pills. One of his colleagues shouts back, "What's up?" The video ends a few seconds later.
More at link, with video
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/us/baltimore-cop-allegedly-planting-evidence/index.html
The real reason drug laws exist.... planting evidence.... almost impossible without a major investigation to prove when it happens....
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