It's About Liberty: A Conservative Forum
Topics => Judiciary, Crime, & Courts => Topic started by: Pandora on November 08, 2011, 03:48:23 PM
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With a H/T to Kevin Baker (http://smallestminority.blogspot.com/2011/11/quote-of-day-law-enforcement-edition.html), a video of pot bust spotlights lapses by police. (http://articles.philly.com/2011-11-04/news/30359911_1_drunken-driving-case-open-and-shut-case-testimony)
It looked like an open-and-shut case. A cop pulls over a car, walks up to the driver's door, and sees a plastic baggy of marijuana. He brings in a drug-sniffing dog to prove probable cause for a search, gets a warrant, and finds a kilo of weed in the trunk.
That's what Officer Steven Lupo put in his report and testified to in Philadelphia Municipal Court.
Then defense attorney Michael Diamondstein produced the video.
Turned out reality was different.
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Philadelphia's internal affairs investigators are now probing Lupo's conduct, and he will no longer be used as a witness in criminal cases, law enforcement sources said.
Although he will be allowed to continue on the force even though he's a proven liar.
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Another one who gives good cops a bad name...and then they all wonder why we don't trust them more?