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Genius Cops Caught Apparently Planting Evidence By Own Dash Camera

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Dari

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I wonder if they know what happens to cops in prisons...

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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! (Update: Police have responded, saying that the full video shows the officer had previously found the baggie on the suspect and placed it in his pocket.)

Update: The Utica Police Department says the entire 30-minute vide of the arrest shows the officer finding the evidence on the suspect and placing it in his pocket. (The evidence in question: marijuana and "small residue of cocaine.") The police also say this is defensible evidence-handling practice.

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:
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TecHNooB said:
so did they plant the drugs or not?
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The cops are trying to turn it into a "He said, she said" situation. Any competent lawyer should eat them alive. The fact that the FBI is looking into this doesn't help. God help them if they find evidence to corroborate the black community's grievences.
 
Dari said:
The cops are trying to turn it into a "He said, she said" situation. Any competent lawyer should eat them alive. The fact that the FBI is looking into this doesn't help. God help them if they find evidence to corroborate the black community's grievences.
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He's asking because the cops said the whole 30m video shows the bag taken from the guy from the outset. Do we know if this is fact or 'interpretation'?
 
jjsole said:
He's asking because the cops said the whole 30m video shows the bag taken from the guy from the outset. Do we know if this is fact or 'interpretation'?
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I'm inclined to believe he originally took it from the suspect... that or the cop really is a moron. So maybe I just have too much faith in humanity since I don't believe anyone can be that stupid. Though I've been wrong on that before... many times! :\
 
darkxshade said:
I'm inclined to believe he originally took it from the suspect... that or the cop really is a moron. So maybe I just have too much faith in humanity since I don't believe anyone can be that stupid. Though I've been wrong on that before... many times! :\
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I don't understand why then he would take it out of his pocket before entering the van. Perhaps his pants are too snug and was afraid to damage the bag bending over? Hmmmm.....

I agree with what's been said...that's easy for suspect to fight if there isn't clear evidence it came directly from the suspect earlier.

But it's obviously a bigger issue in that community than just the innocence of 1 person...it's the concern about no integrity in the police force.
 
hmm i will wait until/if there is more info.

it sure looks as if the cop was trying to plant evidence. of course the cop is going to say something else.
 
ViviTheMage said:
/foxnews + other trash news outlets
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What the fuck does FOX news have to do with this?

According to the story, if you even read it, the video was obtained by the Utica Phoenix.

Watch the full length version, and you see the office got the bag from the suspects pocket near the beginning of the video.
 
Dari said:
The cops are trying to turn it into a "He said, she said" situation. Any competent lawyer should eat them alive. The fact that the FBI is looking into this doesn't help. God help them if they find evidence to corroborate the black community's grievences.
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man those cops are gonna be eaten alive, I mean, finding drugs on a black man, that's both racist and preposterous. it's clearly a plant by the power tripping pigs.
 
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