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[mcfrank]

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mikehayes/police-drug-video?bftw&utm_term=.ceop0d53jB#.dmq6n2O4Zq

In the January 2017 video, Baltimore Police Officer Richard Pinheiro appears to place a bag of pills under some garbage in an alley. He then walks back out to the street, at which point he activates the body camera. But because the cameras are programmed to capture the 30 seconds prior to activation, the officer’s actions before returning from the alley were recorded.

“I’m going to check here,” Pinheiro can be heard saying, before he walks back down the alley. After furrowing around in the trash for a couple seconds, the officer locates the bag inside a soup can and exclaims “yo!” as he holds it up to his two fellow officers, identified to BuzzFeed News by the Maryland public defender's office as officers Jamal Brunson and Jovannes Simonyan.

Yikes. Just a few bad apples though, right? Frame me on drug charges if old.

 

[commedieu]

A few bad apples, spoils the bunch.

Dumb as shit too.

 

[entremet]

Dave Chappelle bit in action.

 

[ArgyleReptile]

Dave Chappelle bit in action.

"I don't want to leave no mysteries."

 

[Amory]

uh ohhhhh, looks like someone has earned himself a bit of paid vacation!

 

[NastyBook]

I'm at work, can somebody spot me a whoopsiedaisy.gif?

 

[SecretMoblin]

But because the cameras are programmed to capture the 30 seconds prior to activation, the officer’s actions before returning from the alley were recorded.

lmao

I wonder if they tell the officers this

now they know, in any case

 

[kmfdmpig]

Fucking McNulty up to something again.

 

[plus]

..McNulty? Is that you?

edit:

Fucking McNulty up to something again.

lol fucking ninja'd

 

[dallow_bg]

Now they know the secret.
These things should never be allowed to turn off.

 

[Puck Beaverton]

I'm shocked

 

[BradC00]

should charge the cop with possession on top of all the other shit.

 

[Altazor]

 

[Imm0rt4l]

Just a few bad apples though


Fuck 12

 

[Sseklebeast]

Was it Vic Mackey?

 

[kirblar]

Nice to have proof. There's a reason they're against decriminalization laws.

lmao

I wonder if they tell the officers this

now they know, in any case

Yeah, that's pretty genius, too bad the cat's out of the bag now.

 

[Strangelove77]

I hope he fucking gets suspended with pay! That'll show him!

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Just another day. Not even surprised and it's not something all that uncommon.

 

[Damaniel]

Why was his camera off in the first place? Those things should be required to be on and collecting video (and preferably archiving it away from the officer) for their entire shift, no exceptions. The only reason for them to want those cameras off is because they have something to hide.

 

[Tecnniqe]

Hahahaahahahaha

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA


You fucks. All of them.

Fuckers.

Put them under the jail holy shit.

 

[InsaneTiger]

 

[HammerOfThor]

Why was his camera off in the first place? Those things should be required to be on and collecting video (and preferably archiving it away from the officer) for their entire shift, no exceptions. The only reason for them to want those cameras off is because they have something to hide.

Yeah. Why wouldn't the camera just keep recording if its clearly recording 30 seconds before being turned on.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

I mean, we been tellin ya'll this for how long? Fuck the police.

 

[Durrzerker]

Why was his camera off in the first place? Those things should be required to be on and collecting video (and preferably archiving it away from the officer) for their entire shift, no exceptions. The only reason for them to want those cameras off is because they have something to hide.

I agree they should always be on, but if I recall right, their rationale for them not being on was the massive storage space having 100% uptime would consume.

Not saying I agree just answering the thought.

 

[RinsFury]

Can't even imagine how many innocent people are doing hard time behind bars because of shit like this. The real criminals wear blue.

 

[dskillzhtown]

Why was his camera off in the first place? Those things should be required to be on and collecting video (and preferably archiving it away from the officer) for their entire shift, no exceptions. The only reason for them to want those cameras off is because they have something to hide.

Officers turn them on and off at their own discretion. They are supposed to turn them on when they are about to encounter a citizen or when investigating. I wasn't aware of this until recently.

 

[RS4-]

I agree they should always be on, but if I recall right, their rationale for them not being on was the massive storage space having 100% uptime would consume.

Not saying I agree just answering the thought.

Lazy excuses.

Fuck cops

 

[Z_Y]

"Appears"?

 

[Mister Wolf]

"Only a couple of bad apples something something."

 

[Mimosa97]

I mean, we been tellin ya'll this for how long? Fuck the police.

 

[Skellig Gra]

How does the camera capture 30 seconds before activation? How would it know when you are going to press the button? Or does it just always record and not save?

 

[Deuce Deuce]

#notallcops

 

[cameron]

But because the cameras are programmed to capture the 30 seconds prior to activation, the officer’s actions before returning from the alley were recorded.

Dipshit.

The public defender's office confirmed to BuzzFeed News that the prosecutor had offered a plea deal to their client while the damning video evidence was in their possession. However, it is unclear whether attorneys for the prosecution viewed the video before offering a plea deal.

In a more troubling development, Levi says, the public defender's office learned this week that after they revealed the footage of Officer Pinheiro to prosecutors, the state's attorney's office used the officer as a trial witness in a different case.

The prosecutor should be scrutinized, too.

 

[Dreams-Visions]

Dipshit.


The prosecutor should be scrutinized, too.

Burn it all down.

 

[Brashnir]

I agree they should always be on, but if I recall right, their rationale for them not being on was the massive storage space having 100% uptime would consume.

Not saying I agree just answering the thought.

Can we start a gofundme to get the cops a fucking netapp?

 

[Felix Lighter]

How does the camera capture 30 seconds before activation? How would it know when you are going to press the button? Or does it just always record and not save?

It would always be recording into a buffer but not saving permanently until they record.

 

[ElectricBlanketFire]

 

[zelas]

Dipshit.


The prosecutor should be scrutinized, too.

COME ON!!!!

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

I'm sure a promotion/relocation and paid leave will help him think about what he's done!

Glad that's all over and done with.

 

[Particle Physicist]

The article doesn't even mention the two other cops that were there and completely complicit. Fucking shit

 

[Hex]

Fucking McNulty up to something again.

Damned Wired lol.
I can never catch a break with my last name.

 

[Malvolio]

Every "criminal" he was involved with needs to be set free.

 

[Damaniel]

I agree they should always be on, but if I recall right, their rationale for them not being on was the massive storage space having 100% uptime would consume.

Not saying I agree just answering the thought.

Storage is cheap, and the lives of victims of police brutality shouldn't be worth less than a few more hard drives in a rack somewhere. They could even come up with a plan to archive footage for a limited time (6 months or a year, perhaps). It's all just excuses designed to allow them to continue to operate without full accountability.

 

[old manatee]

But because the cameras are programmed to capture the 30 seconds prior to activation, the officer’s actions before returning from the alley were recorded

Lol I'll bet that video is amazing. I wish I could hear his line reading of "I'm going to check over here.."

 

[commedieu]

I agree they should always be on, but if I recall right, their rationale for them not being on was the massive storage space having 100% uptime would consume.

Not saying I agree just answering the thought.

They spend more in wrongful death lawsuits.

 

[GK86]

Hey, guys, it's not a sign of a systematic corruption. Make sure you don't say fuck the police and respect the blue!



Fuck 5-0.

 

[Tecnniqe]

They spend more in wrongful death lawsuits.

But they make that back in privatized prisons mhmsnmsdm

 

[Ragnorok64]

The article doesn't even mention the two other cops that were there and completely complicit. Fucking shit

it does...

exclaims “yo!” as he holds it up to his two fellow officers, identified to BuzzFeed News by the Maryland public defender's office as officers Jamal Brunson and Jovannes Simonyan.

but I didn't expect them to be standing right there looking at him plant the evidence as the video started.

 

[SlickShoesRUCrazy]

One of the good ones I bet!

 

[Zen_Arcade]

Shame that cops are such dicks that they need body cameras, but at least it did what it's there for and an innocent man got his charges dropped.