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How can we believe the testimony of officers who have admitted to robbing people, planting evidence, falsifying police reports and other offenses? Who are the real criminals here? The domino's are just going to keep falling. This isn't going away for a long time. I'm betting every inmate who was arrested by any of these officers has contacted their attorneys already and should get new trials at the very least. I can't imagine the number of lawsuits and settlements that will follow due to people not getting a fair trial or being arrested under trumped up charges.
There are dozens of cases under review according to the Baltimore Sun. Nearly three dozen cases involving the indicted officers have been reviewed and the outcomes stand, because the case was not dependent on the testimony of the indicted officer. Prosecutors say dozens of cases involving the officers and drug or gun charges are being reviewed. This is going to take a lot of manpower and the cost to the city of Baltimore will be (and should be) staggering. Let this be a lesson for any other unit that thinks they are above the law. You can get caught and your shield will not protect you from the consequences of your actions.
I read something else that was very troubling on the Baltimore Sun site. There have also been three separate investigations into police arrests in which their body camera footage picked up some questionable images in which officers can be seen planting evidence, according to defense attorneys. If true, another disturbing find. Naturally the officers have denied planting evidence. It would be prudent to get an outside source clean up and review the video evidence so we can be reasonably certain nothing has been altered. These types of stories can make the citizens paranoid - and for good reason.
On Monday, Prosecutors announced they have dropped or will drop more than 200 criminal cases linked to officers involved in the recorded incidents. Another STAGGERING number of cases, more potential for lawsuits and settlements. If people's civil rights are being stomped on by the police than the city better get out their checkbook and start righting their wrongs.
To say that the Baltimore PD is experiencing problems would be a gross understatement. First the indicted gun trace task force and now the questionable body camera footage allegedly showing the planting of evidence and bad arrests. Wow. Find one more major snafu and you'd have yourself a trifecta.
Some of the really hideous incidents I've read about involving the arrogant gun task force members include:
- Three of the officers stopped a man on the street , searched his car without a warrant, took him home and stole $1500.00 from him. The victim was a supervisor at a nursing home. Det Rayam wrote a false report and failed to report the theft of the victim's money.
- Five of the officers stopped a man leaving his storage facility and stole $2,000 from a sock containing $4800. They lied about having a search warrant.
- Four of the officers arrested a man and they confiscated (and kept) drugs and approximately $6,000 of the $21,500 in cash they located in the car. Hey, at least they turned in MOST of the dirty drug money. However, after that they went to the mans home and stole $200,000 from him as well as an expensive wrist watch from a safe deposit box.
I really don't need to hear any more, do you? These guys were outright crooks. How they remained on active duty for as long as some of them were is a mystery. It makes you wonder at what point did they turn to the dark side? I It's mind blowing. If this is what we know to be true, I can only imagine what still hasn't been exposed. I want to know who killed Detective Sean Suiter. That's what keeps me coming back to this story. I'll continue to come back to it until we need the team from "Cold Justice" to come take a look! Wouldn't that be something to see.........
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