greg nr
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https://www.rawstory.com/2017/11/busted-watch-la-cops-plant-drugs-in-black-suspects-wallet-unaware-their-body-cams-were-on/
It's a shame more people don't read owners manuals.
The way a lot of body cams work, they are always recording; when you hit the record button, it adds the previous 30 seconds as part of the "recorded" stream.
Woops... This is at least the second case where cops were caught planting evidence as a result of not knowing how the cams work. You have to wonder how much they actually plant evidence if they are this blithe about it.
It's a shame more people don't read owners manuals.
The way a lot of body cams work, they are always recording; when you hit the record button, it adds the previous 30 seconds as part of the "recorded" stream.Woops... This is at least the second case where cops were caught planting evidence as a result of not knowing how the cams work. You have to wonder how much they actually plant evidence if they are this blithe about it.
An investigation into what is being captured on the body cams worn by Los Angeles police has turned up evidence of officers planting drugs in a suspect’s wallet while believing their cameras were off.
According to CBS-LA, Los Angeles police are now wearing the body cams, but police officials are withholding the videos from the public. However, the station was able to acquire video of one black man being arrested for a hit and run, with the video showing something quite different from what was documented in the official police report.
The report documents the arrest of Ronald Shields, 52, in April when he was taken into custody for a hit and run. According to the police report, LAPD officer Samuel Lee stated that cocaine was found in Shields’ front left pocket
But the body cam of a fellow officer showed one officer picking up the small packet from the ground and placing it in the suspect’s wallet — before making a show of discovering it multiple times for the camera.
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According to CBS-LA, Los Angeles police are now wearing the body cams, but police officials are withholding the videos from the public. However, the station was able to acquire video of one black man being arrested for a hit and run, with the video showing something quite different from what was documented in the official police report.
The report documents the arrest of Ronald Shields, 52, in April when he was taken into custody for a hit and run. According to the police report, LAPD officer Samuel Lee stated that cocaine was found in Shields’ front left pocket
But the body cam of a fellow officer showed one officer picking up the small packet from the ground and placing it in the suspect’s wallet — before making a show of discovering it multiple times for the camera.
....
