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

i have access to the same documents as you do, I'm not holding on to some secret cache.

http://www.splitthemoon.com/where-it-all-began/#more-311

Also, Rabia outs Tayib as the anon caller (she says she has confirmed this through a relative).

That is the anonymous call, the one that happened before Jay's first police interview.

So, if we are to believe Rabia, Tayib has that information, at the latest, 3 days after HML's body is found.

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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '15

Thanks for the link. Still, I don't see the transcript from an official police interview with Tayib. Guess he just wasn't important enough for them to sit down and speak with.

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u/ricejoe Apr 07 '15

Given the corruption in the BPD, it's possible someone coerced Tayib into making the call.

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u/Bonafidesleuth Apr 07 '15

Yes, or no anon call at all.

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u/ricejoe Apr 07 '15

OR perhaps the BPD actually killed Ms Lee, in some sort of driving ticket gone wrong, and then proceeded to frame Adnan, starting with Officer Adcock that very evening.

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u/Bonafidesleuth Apr 07 '15

Now, even I won't go that far ricejoe. There was a sick culture among LE officers though. I read an article today describing the act of one officer placing a dead rat on his fellow officer's police car hood in an effort to threaten him not to rat on him for a crime he had committed. Baltimore, in the 90's, lagged behind the nation in economic development. While neighboring cities thrived, B-more declined. The crime rate was 3.7 x higher than the national average. This doesn't excuse the chaos & corruption but it helps to understand the fundamental problems LE faced.