New York City – A team of New York Police Department narcotics officers are under investigation for falsely arresting two brothers and two other men in January, claiming they were selling drugs in an Elmhurst.
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New surveillance video obtained last week by defense attorneys does not show any evidence the men sold cocaine or any other drugs to undercover police in the club, authorities said.
The brothers and other two men arrested were charged in January with selling two bags of cocaine worth $100, according to The Washington Post.
On Thursday, those charges were dropped when surveillance video showed that the undercover police officers had never been in contact with the men they arrested, the paper reported.
Authorities at the district attorney’s office and with the NYPD confirmed to the Post that an investigation into the officers involved in the false drug bust was under way, and according to the paper, at least six police officers have been questioned in connection with the incident in the last few days.
Two of the undercover officers involved in the bust were placed on modified assignment on Tuesday, according to the Post. The third officer left the NYPD and is now working for Nassau County police, the paper reported.
anybody surprised
the cops are known to plant evidence on people, i am not surprised by this story
This is not surprising. Cops are under such pressure to make arrests and ticket people they will do anything to make thier quota.
Pressure is one thing, but this is just going to make legitimate cops have an even harder time doing their job. I hope there is more to this story.
And than you got to the Cops’ RANT and all you see is how corrupt the Hassidim are and how Hatzolah abuses their privileges.
What a bunch of hypocrites
Stop the BS, I’m sure they didn’t just pick the brother’s out of the blue and decide to set them up. There may be no video in this brief window of that particular meeting. Every operation and case history is documented and reviewed by supervisor’s who would never place their career’s on the line.