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FrankRep
10-13-2011, 09:24 AM
We fabricated drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas, former detective testifies (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/10/13/2011-10-13_excop_we_fabricated_drug_raps_for_quotas.html#i xzz1affkS1qA)


NY Daily News
October 13th 2011


A former NYPD narcotics detective snared in a corruption scandal testified it was common practice to fabricate drug charges against innocent people to meet arrest quotas.

The bombshell testimony from Stephen Anderson is the first public account of the twisted culture behind the false arrests in the Brooklyn South and Queens narc squads, which led to the arrests of eight cops and a massive shakeup.

Anderson, testifying under a cooperation agreement with prosecutors, was busted for planting cocaine, a practice known as "flaking," on four men in a Queens bar in 2008 to help out fellow cop Henry Tavarez, whose buy-and-bust activity had been low.
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Full Story:
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2011/10/13/2011-10-13_excop_we_fabricated_drug_raps_for_quotas.html#i xzz1affkS1qA

pcosmar
10-13-2011, 09:31 AM
Well DUh !

donnay
10-13-2011, 10:14 AM
What a shocker! :eek:

Another reason to legalize drugs because prohibition leads to corruption and blackmarket sales and doesn't work! The war on drugs is an abject failure!

Philhelm
10-13-2011, 10:26 AM
This goes beyond evil. To willfully ruin, or attempt to ruin, another person's life for the sake of meeting a quota. I have more respect for the most bloodthirsty of dictators; at least they're "honest" in their display of evil.

phill4paul
10-13-2011, 10:30 AM
Well DUh !

I know, right? I thought this was pretty much common knowledge by now.

phill4paul
10-13-2011, 10:30 AM
double post......

jkr
10-13-2011, 10:37 AM
do NOT bear false witness against your neighbor


THEY ARE WRONG AND THEY DO IT ALL THE TIME

dannno
10-13-2011, 10:53 AM
"Let's sprinkle some crack on him and get out of here!"

:D


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bq0Ce3UqKDs

Krugerrand
10-25-2011, 10:22 AM
bump for things not looking good for NYPD:

5 NYPD officers arrested in gun sting
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?325827-5-NYPD-officers-arrested-in-gun-sting