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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFeds say Baltimore PD lied about gangs pact to kill cops
Of course they lied. All cops lie.
http://www.citypaper.com/news/freddiegray/bcpnews-feds-say-bpd-s-claim-that-gangs-formed-pact-to-take-out-officers-was-noncredible--20150624-story.html
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Feds say Baltimore PD lied about gangs pact to kill cops (Original Post)
Malraiders
Jun 2015
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merrily
(45,251 posts)1. Homeland Security.
NaturalHigh
(12,778 posts)2. "All cops lie."
Bullshit. Do you know all cops?
Now goodbye.
Malraiders
(444 posts)3. It's part of their training.
http://www.copblock.org/16413/why-do-police-lie-insight-from-a-florida-judge/
An interesting decision from a judge in Volusia County, Florida, helps us understand why police lie. The case at issue involved the Daytona Beach Police Department, which received an anonymous tip that there was drug activity at the defendants home. Two officers went to the home, and the defendants mother answered the door. The officers told her they were looking into a 911 disconnect and wanted to enter the house to ensure her safety. She allowed them in. By lying in order to gain entry to her home, these officers engaged in a police procedure called a knock and talk. Courts have found this practice perfectly legal. Officers are permitted to create false scenarios to try to catch people they think might be involved in crime, but for whom they do not have probable cause to arrest or search.
An interesting decision from a judge in Volusia County, Florida, helps us understand why police lie. The case at issue involved the Daytona Beach Police Department, which received an anonymous tip that there was drug activity at the defendants home. Two officers went to the home, and the defendants mother answered the door. The officers told her they were looking into a 911 disconnect and wanted to enter the house to ensure her safety. She allowed them in. By lying in order to gain entry to her home, these officers engaged in a police procedure called a knock and talk. Courts have found this practice perfectly legal. Officers are permitted to create false scenarios to try to catch people they think might be involved in crime, but for whom they do not have probable cause to arrest or search.
ncjustice80
(948 posts)5. Cops, by their nature, are bullying, deceiving pigs. Never trust one! n/t
frylock
(34,825 posts)4. hunh
no shit.
Taitertots
(7,745 posts)6. Nothing like good old American Propaganda
Repeated ad nauseum by the corporate media.
BPD has the credibility of Baghdad Bob.