02-03-2017 00:46 via rocketnews.com

Feds: Criminal officers stole from the innocent in Baltimore

BALTIMORE (AP) — Seven Baltimore officers were so unfazed by U.S. Justice Department scrutiny of abusive policing that they kept falsely detaining people, stealing their money and property and faking reports to cover it up, according to a damning federal indictment released Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors announced charges against seven officers in Baltimore, where a consent decree approved in the final days of the Obama administration obligates police to stop abusive tactics and discrimin
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