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Genius Cops Caught Apparently Planting Evidence By Own Dash Camera
Here's a video of two Utica, N.Y. police officers searching a car during a traffic stop. At 1:02, one officer pulls a small baggie of something out of his pocket and ducks into the car; at 1:31, he emerges again, holding the same baggie. Oops!
The video was obtained by the Utica Phoenix, which goes to great lengths to avoid specifically accusing the officers of evidence-planting. We understand! The cops are only "apparently" planting evidence: it's also possible that they just completely and egregiously mishandled the evidence they found. Utica cops also "apparently" really good at finding drugs on the property of black residents:
It is said that this video has been widely distributed through the Black community, being shown in barbershops, and other public places. Its viewing has fueled the renewal of complaints long charged against the Utica Police of the planting of evidence and other abuses by the local force.
A recent Phoenix interview of a Black female resident of Utica charges that police kicked in the front door of her home without a warrant. Inside, the woman's 83 year old handicapped mother was subject to police swarming through her house while they, waited for a warrant.'
http://gawker.com/5872685/genius-cops-caught-apparently-planting-evidence-by-own-dash-camera
Curmudgeoness
(18,219 posts)What an ass! But on the bright side, bad cops should be off the force, so maybe this will get at least one fired. We can only hope.
teach1st
(5,935 posts)To be fair, the full video (the Youtube clip shows just a small portion of actual video) of the bust appears to show the cops pulling a bag of white stuff from the jacket pocket of one of the car's occupants at about 4:35.
http://www.wktv.com/news/local/FULL-DASHCAM-VIDEO-OF-21111-Utica-traffic-stop-136602198.html
It could be that the "plant" shown on the Youtube video is an attempt to put more weight into the bust, who knows? But the full vid shows something being confiscated well before the Youtube portion.