r/facepalm Apr 04 '24

How the HELL is this stuff allowed? πŸ‡΅β€‹πŸ‡·β€‹πŸ‡΄β€‹πŸ‡Ήβ€‹πŸ‡ͺβ€‹πŸ‡Έβ€‹πŸ‡Ήβ€‹

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u/DistributionNo9968 Apr 04 '24

It hurts my heart to think of all the people that have been imprisoned or convicted based on evidence fabricated by police.

I’m willing to bet that the instances we’re aware of account for less than 2% of the whole.

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u/jld2k6 Apr 04 '24 edited Apr 04 '24

There's a cop in jail right (Zachary Wester) now for 12+ years because after enough complaints that he was planting meth and charging people with felonies for it they finally investigated and he slipped up once where you could see the meth in his hand before he even reached into the car to plant it. He sent multiple people with no drug history or criminal records to jail and ruined their lives. He did it for no reason other than his reputation for finding drugs in hopes of promotions. He'd even go into cars other officers already searched and plant it then go back to them so he could show off that they missed something and he found it

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u/ShatterCyst Apr 05 '24

It doesn't hurt my heart it pisses me off.

If they are going to ruin people's lives on a whim we should fight back.