Hows this for cop corruption?

[madokie]

I say sic'em. Not all cops are bad but the ranks of the police forces are riddled with corrupt bastids, I'm convinced of that. Due to this grand jury probe that is ongoing now they have released 14 people from prison from Tulsa alone so far. I'd be fightin ass mad if a cop framed me and the court system sent my ass to prison.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?subjectid=11&articleid=20100923_11_0_hrimgs675531

A Tulsa police deputy chief testified in federal court today about a former burglary detective's alleged involvement in a large bank burglary ring possibly linked to homicides.


Deputy Chief Mark McCrory's testimony came during the second day of a motions hearing as part of the federal probe into law enforcement corruption in Tulsa.

So far, six former and current Tulsa police officers and one former federal agent have been charged in the case. The probe has also resulted in 19 people who have either been freed from prison or had their charges dropped.

McCrory testified as part of a motion filed by one of the officers' attorneys alleging misconduct by prosecutors. The motion alleges that U.S. Attorney Jane Duke, an Arkansas prosecutor overseeing the grand jury, threatened police with obstruction of justice if they investigated cases involving grand jury witnesses.

[Swede]

1. Look at the skin color of most of those exonerated.

http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/continuingcoverage/continuingcoverage.aspx?id=5

[madokie]

2. I've been watching this from day one

and you're correct to point that out

[ThomCat]

3. Yup. And of course they are probably poor people too.

Corrupt cops wouldn't target people with money, who could hire good lawyers to defend themselves. They'd go after people who would be vulnerable.

That means people living in poor minority communities. Poor means they won't have the resources to fight back. Minority means they won't be believes because of prejudices. People will be automatically willing to believe the worst about them from the start because of racism.

Of course the police chief is saying that only a very few cops were involved, but how the hell could this go on for so long, or go so far, without a hell of a lot of cops seeing troubling stuff and SAYING NOTHING?

How could this have happened and gotten so big if hundreds of cops didn't participate in that damned blue wall of silence?

Every cop who let this get so far is guilty. They let all these people get targeted, railroaded into jail on fake charges with fake evidence, and they let these innocent people spend years in jail. All of those police officers who made this possible are guilty.

[madokie]

6. Every f**king one of them is as guilty as the ones who were actively railroading these people

it matters not if you were a participant or not if you knew about it and turned a blind eye then that person should not be wearing a badge ever again.

[TexasObserver]

4. recommend

[old mark]

5. A lot of this is coming out - DA's and police want to close cases and find

convenient pawns to prosecute, then don't want to hear it when the real criminals turn up or the convicts are exonerated. I used to argue we didn't live in a police state, but I don't say that any more becaues I no longer believe it.

rec.

mark