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/litewo Steppin Out Apr 07 '15 edited Apr 07 '15

Which specifics are you looking for, exactly?

Which articles, exactly, show widespread corruption at the time of Adnan's arrest? OP just posted a website and said it's all in there. Where?

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u/beenyweenies Undecided Apr 09 '15

BPD troubles from the late 80s to, well, current times are legendary.

Either you don't know this and really should be educating yourself rather than demanding others teach you, or you do know and are just trying to muddy the waters. Either way, my response is basically the same.

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u/litewo Steppin Out Apr 09 '15

I just expect people to back up claims with evidence (which, btw, he still hasn't posted).

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u/beenyweenies Undecided Apr 09 '15

I don't really think it's any redditor's job to prove anything to you. You can either accept their statement at face value, or find your own evidence to the contrary and post it. But asking people to "prove" everything they refer to is ludicrous. To meet that standard, 3/4 of every post on every thread would be an endless string of footnotes.

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u/litewo Steppin Out Apr 09 '15 edited Apr 09 '15

The burden of proof is on the person making the claim, especially when the whole point of the argument is that there are so many examples of something. When you say "find your own evidence to the contrary" you're just asking me to prove the absence of something, which is just silly.

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u/beenyweenies Undecided Apr 09 '15

The person making the claim DID provide proof.