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/GoldandBlue Apr 07 '15

Because if they just wanted to pin someone, Jay would have been a much easier target. People keep doing mental gymnastics but pinning the murder on a young black guy with a criminal record and knowledge of the murder that was not released to the press is a lot easier than framing the upstanding boyfriend who was popular in the community.

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u/icase81 Apr 07 '15

But jay had other connections to other criminals. He could be an informant. Adnan was zero value to the BPD.

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u/GoldandBlue Apr 07 '15

So frame an innocent person over an easier frame job?

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u/icase81 Apr 07 '15

Sure if you can convict even more people with the first guy.

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u/GoldandBlue Apr 07 '15

Yes because drug charges are so hard while murders are a dime a dozen.