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Body camera footage shows officer planting drugs, public defender says

ThoughtEx.

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One officer has been suspended and two others have been placed on administrative duty, police said. Police said they have not reached any conclusions as to the conduct depicted in the video. Other cases in which the officers are involved are now under review as well, police and prosecutors said.

The public defender’s office, which released the footage, said it was recorded by an officer during a drug arrest in January. It shows the officer placing a soup can, which holds a plastic bag, into a trash-strewn lot.
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Body camera footage shows officer planting drugs, public defender says - Baltimore Sun

Well, I've been on the fence on the issue of when officers should record or not. And this settles it for me, camera should be recording 24/7 and the officer should not have any control over it.

This cam in question is always on, but only saves what's recorded and the thirty seconds prior to activation. The cop apparently didn't know that.

And another thing, all you people that say a few bad apples shouldn't color the whole bunch. Just about every video of a cop we see doing something shady, there's more cops behind him/her watching them do it. Where's the good apples in these situations? Back at the station? 30 cops beat a man to within an inch of his life, that's thirty bad apples from one department that are exceptions to the rule. One cop plays basketball with some inner city youths, and he's a good apple that shows us what most cops are like. That logic doesn't fly with me.

Not all cops are bad, not all cops are prejudiced. But it does seem like the profession tends to attract prejudiced violence junkies that think they are above the law. And I've about had it.

Bodycams recording 24/7 mandatory, across the country. Let's start there.
 
Holy crap!

They all three set him up, together.

Damn.

They gotta' lock these guys up. And yes, cams on all the time 24/7.
 
Dirty cops do what dirty cops do...
 


Shouldn't they be charged with drug possession, at a minimum.
 
the worst part for me, is the fact that any real criminals this guy caught, the violent ones, could go free. They are reviewing all this guys cases, and all his testimony given as a witness. Cops gotta realize, the easy arrest from planting drugs isn't worth risking letting the real criminals you caught go.

We need the bodycams on at all time to protect our justice system, as well as our citizens.
 
ThoughtEx. said:
Body camera footage shows officer planting drugs, public defender says - Baltimore Sun
Well, I've been on the fence on the issue of when officers should record or not. And this settles it for me, camera should be recording 24/7 and the officer should not have any control over it.
This cam in question is always on, but only saves what's recorded and the thirty seconds prior to activation. The cop apparently didn't know that.
And another thing, all you people that say a few bad apples shouldn't color the whole bunch. Just about every video of a cop we see doing something shady, there's more cops behind him/her watching them do it. Where's the good apples in these situations? Back at the station? 30 cops beat a man to within an inch of his life, that's thirty bad apples from one department that are exceptions to the rule. One cop plays basketball with some inner city youths, and he's a good apple that shows us what most cops are like. That logic doesn't fly with me.
Not all cops are bad, not all cops are prejudiced. But it does seem like the profession tends to attract prejudiced violence junkies that think they are above the law. And I've about had it.
Bodycams recording 24/7 mandatory, across the country. Let's start there.
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Not to mention, for every dirty cop we actually catch planting evidence there's 100 or more we didn't catch putting innocent people in cages. Cops are going to continue to get criticized as a whole as long as the good cops protect the bad ones with their brotherhood of the complicit blue wall.
 
JMaximus said:
What about the citizens who want to be protected from 24/7 surveillance?
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Not really an issue since cops don't follow everyone around all day.
 
RabidAlpaca said:
Not to mention, for every dirty cop we actually catch planting evidence there's 100 or more we didn't catch putting innocent people in cages. Cops are going to continue to get criticized as a whole as long as the good cops protect the bad ones with their brotherhood of the complicit blue wall.
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Easily it seems. Being that there's not only that one guy planting the evidence but the others standing there watching him do it and saying nothing.
 
JMaximus said:
What about the citizens who want to be protected from 24/7 surveillance?
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They are body cams. Not cams pointed at your house 24/7. Unless a cop is standing in front of your hosue 24/7 for some reason.
 
I saw the police chief in a video and he said they are investigating to make sure it wasn't a staged reenactement of finding the drugs and not a plant. Could be possible.

How did this video even get out?
 
I agree. Along with serious penalties if they "forget" to turn it on, or report a malfunctioning one, etc.
 
poweRob said:
How did this video even get out?
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Who knows...but I think there should be some way to make all of it public domain... I'm not sure how it works in the states, but in Canada anything that happens in a court room is considered public domain (unless sealed by the court for some reason), and transcripts can be obtained, which include testimonies from police on the scene. Body cam evidence should be obtainable the same way, perhaps with some common sense redaction.

As mentioned by a number of people here, it's not just the cop doing the crime that is the problem, it's the other cops around them watching and doing nothing. Perhaps if they knew they were constantly under scrutiny by the public (aka the folks who pay their salary), they wouldn't do this shady stuff, and they wouldn't be caught on camera doing nothing about it either.

I also think that turning off the body cams for any reason, for any amount of time, while on paid duty, should be met with termination of employment. I don't care about the bathroom, if civilians can be expected to go through airport security scans that shows off our goodies, then cops can be mature about the washroom. Of course, that part would not need to be included in the public record, unless, of course, a crime was committed while the officer was doing their...business...hehe...
 
JMaximus said:
What about the citizens who want to be protected from 24/7 surveillance?
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I don't see how that's related, if a cops bodycam can see you, your under the cops surveillance. You got a beef with the NSA if you dislike 24/7 surveillance. Not police bodycams.
 
poweRob said:
I saw the police chief in a video and he said they are investigating to make sure it wasn't a staged reenactement of finding the drugs and not a plant. Could be possible.

How did this video even get out?
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The cop submitted it without realizing it caught the 30 seconds before he turned it on. I think the public defenders office got access to the video during discovery, and they released it.

Even if it's a re enactment, it's still illegal. Plus, a re enactment of finding drugs with the camera off wouldn't be required, the officers report and testimony as a witness would have been more then enough, so what reason would they have to do a re enactment unless they were planting drugs and needed proof of them finding it because it would lack fingerprints of the person they are framing. I'm not willing to extend the benefit of the doubt under these circumstances. Got a zero tolerance policy on evidence tampering.
 
There are good cops and there are bad cops, if you are a good cop who does not report a bad cop, you are not a good cop.
 
ThoughtEx. said:
the worst part for me, is the fact that any real criminals this guy caught, the violent ones, could go free. They are reviewing all this guys cases, and all his testimony given as a witness. Cops gotta realize, the easy arrest from planting drugs isn't worth risking letting the real criminals you caught go.

We need the bodycams on at all time to protect our justice system, as well as our citizens.
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That's one reason why bad cops need to be fired. They are too well union protected.
 
ThoughtEx. said:
Body camera footage shows officer planting drugs, public defender says - Baltimore Sun

Well, I've been on the fence on the issue of when officers should record or not. And this settles it for me, camera should be recording 24/7 and the officer should not have any control over it.

This cam in question is always on, but only saves what's recorded and the thirty seconds prior to activation. The cop apparently didn't know that.

And another thing, all you people that say a few bad apples shouldn't color the whole bunch. Just about every video of a cop we see doing something shady, there's more cops behind him/her watching them do it. Where's the good apples in these situations? Back at the station? 30 cops beat a man to within an inch of his life, that's thirty bad apples from one department that are exceptions to the rule. One cop plays basketball with some inner city youths, and he's a good apple that shows us what most cops are like. That logic doesn't fly with me.

Not all cops are bad, not all cops are prejudiced. But it does seem like the profession tends to attract prejudiced violence junkies that think they are above the law. And I've about had it.

Bodycams recording 24/7 mandatory, across the country. Let's start there.
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How many videos are there of cops acting in a professional manner? Very few, because no one is interested in that.
 
apdst said:
How many videos are there of cops acting in a professional manner? Very few, because no one is interested in that.
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You got a point? Or just some bs complaint that this is all character assassination on police? Most people who go shopping don't shoplift, so stores shouldn't have cameras to catch the few who do. Most people stop at stoplights, so we shouldn't have cameras at intersections to catch the few who do. Lots of people are under constant surveillance at their job, and most of them act professionally. And none of them have the authority to end a persons life with immunity. If you think 24/7 bodycams are to much of an ask, you will have to come up with a better reason than most cops are professional.
 
ThoughtEx. said:
You got a point? Or just some bs complaint that this is all character assassination on police? Most people who go shopping don't shoplift, so stores shouldn't have cameras to catch the few who do. Most people stop at stoplights, so we shouldn't have cameras at intersections to catch the few who do. Lots of people are under constant surveillance at their job, and most of them act professionally. And none of them have the authority to end a persons life with immunity. If you think 24/7 bodycams are to much of an ask, you will have to come up with a better reason than most cops are professional.
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You need to stop and remember who is going to enforce your idiotic big government agenda. That's right, cops.

If you think all cops are bad, you need to step up and put on the uniform.
 
apdst said:
You need to stop and remember who is going to enforce your idiotic big government agenda. That's right, cops.

If you think all cops are bad, you need to step up and put on the uniform.
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big government agenda? Did you eat paint chips as a child?
 
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