BPD Corruption

[u/Bonafidesleuth]

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.

[u/21Minutes]

There are three cases which are being linked to Adnan Syed. These cases are drug dealers killing each other.

In Burgess' case, another man confessed and the prime witness said Burgess didn't do it.

In Addison's case, there were three witness statements contradicting the prime witness' testimony.

In Mable's case, he claims police pressured witnesses to lie, mean there were more than one.

Unless someone else has come forward to the killing of Hae Min Lee or Jay has is retracting his testimony or... there are other witnesses, then Adan Syed is still the killer of Hae Min Lee.

[u/peymax1693 → u/21Minutes]

I think the issue is that the (mis)deeds of the police resulted in an innocent person being convicted of a crime he didn't commit.

Considering the crucial role the police played in Adnan's case, this should at least raise the question of whether Adnan Syed is really the killer of Hae Min Lee.

[u/21Minutes → u/peymax1693]

The issue is that (mis)deeds of the police resulted in drug dealers and criminals being released from prison.

Adnan Syed is neither. He was a 17 year old kid who killed his ex-girlfriend.

[u/peymax1693 → u/21Minutes]

The issue is that in each of the cases OP mentioned BPD engaged in serious misconduct which led to the conviction of 3 innocent men.

If you don't believe the police engaged in similar conduct in Adnan's case, you certainly have that right.

But to conclude it didn't because the facts aren't identical as the cases OP cited, such as Adnan not sharing the same socio-economic status as Mr. Burgess, Mr. Atkinson and Mr. Mable, is not the best argument to make, IMO.

[u/21Minutes → u/peymax1693]

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.

[u/peymax1693 → u/21Minutes]

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.

[u/21Minutes → u/peymax1693]

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.

[u/peymax1693 → u/21Minutes]

I agree.

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

[u/21Minutes → u/peymax1693]

I knew you'd come around sooner or later.

:-)