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If you don't do anything wrong....
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...you have nothing to worry about.

NYPD Cops Seen Disabling Security Camera After Brothers†False Drug Charges Bust

Police lab tests for cocaine came back negative, field drug tests left behind were negative, and police were seen destroying video recording equipment at the store.

What to Know
  • Two brothers were arrested after NYPD officers said they recovered 40 pounds of cocaine during a raid at a Queens store

  • All lab and field tests came back negative however, and police were seen on the store's security camera trying to disable the device

  • An attorney who represents the brothers called the Queens gang unit a "unit gone wild"; the NYPD says the matter is under internal investigation

It was by chance that two brothers who own a smoke shop in Queens found video footage in a smashed video recorder when they returned to their store after spending more than a month in jail.


At the brothers†arraignment in late August, prosecutors said in court NYPD cops had recovered 40 pounds of cocaine during a raid and search warrant by the Queens north gang unit. The DAâ€s office provided no documentation and asked for the two suspects to be held without bail.

“It was the worst day of my life,” said one of the brothers, who asked not to be identified by name. “We never had drugs in the store,” he added.

When police lab tests for cocaine came back negative, prosecutors dismissed the felony drug charges. What was never brought up at the arraignment is that the gang unit members left field drug test kits at the scene which also tested negative for cocaine.


What cops also left: that destroyed recorder.  The brothers took it to a friend who is a computer engineer and he recovered footage from two cameras.  The video shows two different angles, one from an external camera and the other an internal camera. Officers are seen handcuffing the two owners. A few minutes later, a captain gestures to the location where the camera is located. He gets a step ladder and pulls the cords. Eventually, the camera goes blank.

Attorney Marvyn Kornberg, a criminal attorney who represents the brothers, said, “Itâ€s a unit gone wild, thatâ€s what it says to me. They think theyâ€re above the law. Theyâ€re ripping out cameras. What are they afraid of the public seeing?”

The NYPD said the entire incident is under internal investigation and declined to make any official available on camera. A spokesman said the camera was disabled for “tactical” reasons.
“Thatâ€s ridiculous,” said Richard Rivera, a former police officer in West New York, New Jersey, who is now a police tactics expert.

“They could have covered the cameras. The way they come in doesnâ€t indicate that any of them is concerned about a remote feed. Theyâ€re not worried about security. Itâ€s like a walk in the park to them.”

Rivera said there is no legitimate law enforcement reason for the officers to disable the camera and damage the recorder.

“This whole incident is a huge mess for them,” he said. “If this is an ongoing drug case, they would want to preserve the evidence, not destroy it, and thatâ€s exactly what they did.”
The DAâ€s office said in a statement that prosecutors relied on information from the NYPD.

The brothers†attorney has filed a demand for prosecutors to turn over the underlying basis for the search warrant. The two have filed a notice of claim to sue New York City.



https://www.nbcnewyork.com/investigation...s/2245847/
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Oh my! That's outrageous!

Unless of course they were black, islamic or mexican, at which point I no longer care.   Tongue
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NYPD cop caught planting stun gun in car by his own bodycam: lawsuit

An NYPD cop planted a stun gun in a driverâ€s SUV during a traffic stop — and got caught in the act by his own body camera, according to a new lawsuit.
Omar Prescott, of Flatbush, alleges in a lawsuit filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court Friday that two officers approached him as he was parking his Chevrolet Suburban outside his Brooklyn home.

At one point, a cop identified in the papers as Officer Carlo Cassata planted the stun gun in his glove compartment in an attempt to stick him with a now-dismissed illegal weapons charge, Prescott claims.

In body camera footage obtained by The Post, the cop is seen holding a stun gun in his hand then searching around Prescottâ€s car.

Then the officer backs away from the vehicle, turns on the sound on his body cam, leans back into Prescottâ€s vehicle and pulls what appears to be the same stun gun from the glove compartment.
Cassata said at the time that he pulled Prescott over after making an illegal u-turn and noticed marijuana in the center console.


MORE:
https://nypost.com/2020/01/03/nypd-cop-c...m-lawsuit/
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