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Ex-Cop Testifies That Baltimore Police Carried Fake Guns To Plant On Suspects |
2018-02-02 |
Surprise = 0. [Daily Wire] An former Baltimore Police detective testified Tuesday that several corrupt Baltimore cops kept fake guns in their cars to plant on suspects in case they were ever accused of a "dirty shooting." Maurice Ward, who is a former member of Baltimore's Gun Trace Task Force — the group now involved in an ongoing corruption trial in Maryland — told the jury that while on duty with the Task Force, he noticed that several of his colleagues kept BB guns and other fake weapons in their glove compartments. Ward claimed they kept the toys “in case we accidentally hit somebody or got into a shootout, so we could plant them," according to the Baltimore Sun. Although Ward was unable to say whether Baltimore cops had actually ever planted a fake weapon on a dead suspect, at least one of the defendants, one of Ward's fellow detectives, was found to have a fake gun in his glove compartment following his 2015 arrest. |
Posted by:Iblis |
#6 "I had to use necessary force! You saw him. No, no, no paperwork, just... just sprinkle some crack on him. Let's get out of here." Killin' Them Softly Dave Chappelle My theory is that 96 out of 100 people are like you and me, just trying to support our families and to get through life doing the best that we can. However, that 4 out of 100 cause a lot of trouble. |
Posted by: U. Slirt7126 2018-02-02 17:57 |
#5 Jeez. In the story of modern-day Baltimore, there don't seem to be any good guys. Make you wonder how common this sort of thing is. |
Posted by: SteveS 2018-02-02 16:00 |
#4 So investigators cannot tell the difference between a fake gun and a real gun? Cops just say it looked real enough and they had to make a split second, life or death decision. Works every time. |
Posted by: Iblis 2018-02-02 15:40 |
#3 So investigators cannot tell the difference between a fake gun and a real gun? |
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance 2018-02-02 12:39 |
#2 So how many convictions are going to be reopened? |
Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2018-02-02 05:28 |
#1 Oh so THAT'S where the shutter gun went!. |
Posted by: Harcourt Angoluting9366 2018-02-02 02:18 |