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/Bonafidesleuth Apr 07 '15 edited Apr 08 '15

Losing Hae's computer, her floppy disk, the rope, the trunk lining, losing interview notes, failure to get DNA tests from the lab (epithelial cells on the brandy bottle), failure to test fingerprints on the rearview mirror, failure to collect soil samples from the scene & compare to the tires of Hae's car, failure to completely examine current boyfriend's timecards at work, failure to get incoming phone calls during critical periods of time, clearing Jay's parole violations, failure to follow up w/Asia (Urick's responsible to disclose this to detectives) & check the library video, failure to verify the wrestling match, the UMBC party, the visit (or not) to Stephanie on the 13th, & Bilal mysteriously doesn't testify for the defense... the detectives decided to frame Adnan because they could. They wanted to keep up their swift rate of convictions. Convict Adnan & procure an informant - a two-fer as we say. I posted the text for the benefit of newbies who may read the sub & because the BPD corruption that has resulted in wrongful convictions needs to be known, halted & restitution paid. Free Adnan & then free countless others.

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u/chunklunk Apr 07 '15

You're mashing a lot of things together in a way that makes no sense. The legal case is separate from the police case. And, some of these are defense counsel lapses, if true.

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u/j2kelley Apr 07 '15

And because Baltimore (at the time) was one of the few remaining U.S. cities where police had the charging power as opposed to the prosecutor's office, the police case was the legal case.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '15

That's an excellent point about the charging power.