{"article":{"id":296541,"heading":"Baltimore cops and the rotten core of policing","author":"baltiimore police watch idVer:49be83d6bcb4ff8","created":"2018-03-20 00:08:09","modified":"2018-03-20 00:08:09","last_modified":"Tue, 20 Mar 2018 07:08:09","article":"http:\/\/socialism.com\/fs-article\/baltimore-cops-rotten-core-policing\/<\/a>

Baltimore cops and the rotten core of policing

Jed Holtz

The explosive trial of eight of Baltimore Police’s Gun Trace Task Force has exposed some of the worst misconduct imaginable — from robbery and extortion to faking evidence, planting drugs, and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, drugs and valuables from their victims. The eight cops involved have left a wake of destruction within Baltimore’s most vulnerable community. And even doubled their pay through fake overtime while doing it. In trials concluded in January, all either pleaded or were found guilty and face sentences of up to 60 years for racketeering, robbery and conspiracy.\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/socialism.com\/fs-article\/baltimore-cops-rotten-core-policing\/","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"The explosive trial of eight of Baltimore Police\u2019s Gun Trace Task Force has exposed some of the worst misconduct imaginable \u2014 from robbery and extortion to faking evidence, planting drugs, and stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars, drugs and valuables from their victims. The eight cops involved have left a wake of destruction within Baltimore\u2019s most vulnerable community. And even doubled their pay through fake overtime while doing it. In trials concluded in January, all either pleaded or were found guilty and face sentences of up to 60 years for racketeering, robbery and conspiracy.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2018\/03\/296541.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}