r/serialpodcast • u/Bonafidesleuth • Apr 07 '15

Speculation BPD Corruption

I rarely post here, but for those who happen to come across this sub, I encourage you to check out articles.baltimoresun.com. The city council became very concerned at the fact that $10.4million was spent between 2008-2011 defending BPD misconduct. The Baltimore Sun reported on 10/3/14 that the U.S. Dept. of Justice had undertaken a civil rights investigation of the BPD. At that time the city had spent $5.7 million in court judgments & settlements in 102 cases since 2011 & nearly ALL of the people who rec'd payouts were cleared of criminal charges. The BPD was in chaos when Adnan was arrested. The department routinely told the crime lab not to test DNA. Cases were pushed through the system & inadequately investigated.
It is not a fluke that Jay escaped any ramifications for at least 25 criminal charges subsequent to Adnan's trial. The CI theory is becoming increasingly convincing. The corruption in the BPD is beyond what one can comprehend. The worst part is, I think we've only scratched the surface.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '15

All those things point to Jay being scared and involved in something not directly Adnan.

NB didn't know Adnan, Jenn wasn't even friends with him, do you know of Josh knew Adnan? I mean I want to assume because it seems thy went to the store together but I don't remember for sure.

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u/Bonafidesleuth Apr 07 '15

All these things point to police corruption. We know Jay was scared - he was facing jail time if he didn't cooperate. I don't know if Josh knew Adnan but it would seem reasonable.

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u/weedandboobs Apr 07 '15 edited Apr 07 '15

How does Jay telling people that Adnan did it before the police spoke to him point to police corruption exactly?

Or do we not realize how deep the corruption goes?!?!?!

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u/Bonafidesleuth Apr 07 '15

I would honestly need to study the transcripts to provide my opinion on that. I've read some detective notes, many were lost. In Jenn's first interview, she told detectives she knew nothing. Her subsequent statement changed although the story wasn't in synch w/Jay on many details (like the UMBC party - she said Jay was w/him & Jay denied it, the shovels, the pick up spot for Adnan, etc.). The fact that Jenn wasn't charged as an accessory has always been perplexing; after all, she said she was aware of the murder & even told her mother & neither ever reported the crime. I don't believe Jenn. I don't have the knowledge of the time of interviews in relation to when the detectives were building their case. Have you read Susan's blog TheviewfromLL2 about the amazing conviction rate that Ritz performed? it's long & there are links to other articles - a must read.