FBI Investigates 6 Philadelphia Cops Accused of Planting Drugs, Stealing Money

[The Straight Story]

FBI Investigates 6 Philadelphia Cops Accused of Planting Drugs, Stealing Money

Hundreds of people may be unjustly behind bars because of six Philadelphia cops accused of planting drugs and stealing money, NBC 6 Philadelphia reports.

The FBI is investigating the former narcotics officers who were transferred to other duties pending the outcome of the investigation, NBC 6 reported, but the details are unclear.

The cops’ behavior led to the dismissal of 270 cases, according to NBC 6.

“We made the FBI task force, which is made up of FBI and Philadelphia Police, aware of what’s going on,” Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said. “That is continuing at this time. We’ve taken them from narcotics pending the outcome of the investigation.”

http://www.ticklethewire.com/2013/02/19/fbi-investigates-6-philadelphia-cops-accused-of-planting-drugs-stealing-money/

[nobodyspecial]

1. Good. I hope they face the full force of the law.

But this is NOT the majority of cops.

[midnight]

2. I'm sure the judge will toss these cases out before they reach a court, because they will assume

our police would never go to this amount of trouble to do this... Right?

[Comrade Grumpy]

3. This scandal has been brewing for years.

Hundreds of criminal prosecutions have had to be dismissed because none of the thug narcotics cops are believable anymore.

They stole from shopkeepers (but got caught on a hardrive after they destroyed the surveillance cameras), they trashed stores, they beat people up, they planted drugs on people, they stole drugs and money.

This is your war on drugs. And it's been that way from the beginning. I just happen to be reading a history of the DEA; it was formed in part because of all the corruption in the pre-existing Federal Bureau of Narcotics. Nothing has changed.

[Light House]

6. Didn't most of the agents from the FBN get transferred to the DEA?

I seem to remember reading that somewhere.

[riverbendviewgal]

4. If and when they get convicted

I would love to see what they look like.

[hobbit709]

5. Pick a police department anywhere in the country and the odds are better than even.

[EastKYLiberal]

7. And it didn't take a murderous rampage to expose this corruption.