Ex-drug officer says he stole cash, planted drugs many times

[Newsjock]

Source: Associated Press

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A disgraced ex-police officer testifying against his drug squad colleagues acknowledged Tuesday that he stole drug money, planted evidence and lied on police paperwork too many times to count.

Jeffrey Walker told jurors that the Philadelphia Police Department drug squad targeted white "college-boy ... khaki-pants types" who were "easy to intimidate."

That matches the description of some of the drug dealers who have testified in recent weeks in the federal police corruption trial. The witnesses have said the squad stole as much as $110,000 at a time during illegal raids marked by threats and physical violence.

... More than 160 drug convictions have been overturned since Walker pleaded guilty and the others were named in a 25-count indictment. Scores of civil-rights lawsuits are pending over the arrests.


Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/4f0e2a7d5a884274a7798bbdfd79d3c4/ex-drug-officer-says-he-stole-cash-planted-drugs-many-times

[Comrade Grumpy]

1. What's the difference between Philly narcs and street criminals?

They have badges.

[cstanleytech]

5. Plus one has a union and a pension fund the other does not now guess which one

[Kelvin Mace]

2. This goes on all the time

and all over the country. But since these guys picked on white college students, it was time to do something about it.

[zeemike]

8. You got that right.

This is not an isolated instance...it is nation wide and part of the reason we continue the war on drugs...too much money to be had.

[ckredtailhawk]

11. Very true

Sad but true. Only in the USA

[hobbit709]

3. "I'm shocked, shocked I tell you"

[MindMover]

4. and the war on drugs goes on ...

The U.S. federal government spent over $15 billion dollars in 2010 on the War on Drugs, at a rate of about $500 per second.

[erronis]

6. Let's see how long he lasts - even/especially if he is in a high-security facility

Too many things can happen to a fine gentleman like this. Don't forget that a lot of DAs also have shit on their faces for doing these prosecutions. The Criminal "Justice" system is rife with linkages between police on the beat, captains, judges, attorneys, and perhaps some well-heeled crims.

Of course, just letting him loose on the streets for a few hours might help society get its revenge.

[LuckyLib]

7. One of the many issues that African Americans and Latinos have been raising for YEARS, but nobody

would listen. That and planting weapons, wrongful detention and convictions, shootings, etc., etc., etc.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

9. Support your local Sheriff

[billhicks76]

10. Business As Usual

End The Drug War...This should be the #1 issue for Democrats as it touches way more people than any other issue and Im sick of Clintonites not addressing it.