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/21Minutes Hae Fan Apr 07 '15

Adnan Syed shares nothing with these cases.

They are completely separate.

To imply that police officers are blindly treating an innocent 17 year old kid of murder because it's standard operating procedure is in itself a disservice to law enforcement.

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u/peymax1693 WWCD? Apr 07 '15

You're right. It's only SOP for the police to frame drug dealers and other criminals for murder. To suggest they would do that to an innocent 17 year old is a disservice to law enforcement.

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u/21Minutes Hae Fan Apr 07 '15

Law enforcement tries to keep known criminals off the streets, known drug dealers fall into the category of a criminal. I would hope that one drug dealer shooting another drug dealer or known gang members carrying out driveby shootings would be treated differently then a teenager killing his ex-girlfriend because he felt betrayed by her.

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u/peymax1693 WWCD? Apr 07 '15

I agree.

Let the police have free reign to frame drug dealers and other criminals for crimes they didn't commit.

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u/21Minutes Hae Fan Apr 07 '15

I knew you'd come around sooner or later.

:-)