OT 99% Of Police Officers Are Good...? Yeah...

[dviss1]

Are 99% of cops good cops? Looks like 100% of THESE officers are bad...

An LAPD officer accidentally filmed himself putting cocaine in a suspect’s wallet



Police officers can’t seem to stop filming themselves potentially planting evidence.

The latest incident comes from Los Angeles, where an officer with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) accidentally filmed himself placing cocaine in a suspect’s wallet, according to a new report by CBS Los Angeles.

The body camera video shows police picking up Ronald Shields, who was charged with felony hit-and-run, having a gun in the trunk of his car, and cocaine possession in April. The police report claimed cops had found the cocaine in Shields’s left pocket.

The footage tells a different story. LAPD officer Gaxiola, as CBS Los Angeles identified him, picks up Shields’s wallet from the street and shows it to another officer who then points to Shields. Gaxiola then puts the wallet back down, picks up a small bag of white powder from the street (which later tested positive for cocaine), picks up the wallet, and puts the bag in the wallet.

The audio turns on, signaling that the officer had manually activated his camera to record. Then, the officer shows himself supposedly finding the wallet and the drugs inside of it, and repeatedly telling other officers about it. “Just to let you know, sir, inside his wallet, he has a little bag of narco,” Gaxiola said.

So what happened? The simple explanation is that the officer apparently did not know that when he switches on his body camera, it automatically records and saves the past 30 seconds, although without audio.

Shields’s lawyer claims that the officers outright planted the drugs to frame his client.

It’s possible, though, that the cops tried to reenact the act of finding the cocaine for the cameras. But that is still very deceptive — and when so clearly caught on video, it makes it hard to trust the police officers with just about everything else they’re doing. It makes a potentially credible case lose all credibility.

The LAPD is investigating the incident. “The LAPD takes all allegations of misconduct seriously and, as in all cases, will conduct a thorough investigation,” it said in a statement.

This isn’t the first time something like this has happened. Previously, Baltimore police officers were caught doing this — twice. That led the local prosecutor to drop dozens of cases involving the officers.

According to CBS Los Angeles, this is the first time that the media has seen LAPD body camera footage since the force launched its program two years ago. It’s one hell of a debut.

 

[dviss1]

No one in here knows 99% of the police force so get the FUCK outta here with that 99% of cops are good cops bullshit. Cops say:

"see something, say something".

Well, they see their cohorts doing shit all the time and they don't say ANYTHING.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

Fuck da Po-Lice and a 5-0 too.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

1-3 cops. Hell thats not even 1% of the LAPD. More lik 99.8% of cops are good thanks for correcting my numbers.

 

[tlongII]

I've had cops lie in court about what I did so I feel you. However, I still believe the vast majority of them are good dudes. Maybe I'm naïve?

 

[dviss1]

1-3 cops. Hell thats on even 1% of the LAPD. More lik 99.8% of cops are good thanks for correcting my numbers.

Do you know them all? We know the answer to that. Are 99% if humans good people? Don't answer that. Does 21 weeks of police academy (16 weeks in Oregon) change what you believe socially? No reason to answer that one either.

 

[dviss1]

I've had cops lie in court about what I did so I feel you. However, I still believe the vast majority of them are good dudes. Maybe I'm naïve?

Wow... That's really fucked up...

Why? Why do you believe this? Maybe you just want to.

I think it is naive to think that after 16 weeks, people are going to change their stripes.

 

[Natebishop3]

Frankly, if you're okay doing a job that is essentially taking money out of the hands of good citizens to fund your organization, then I question your morals.

They're revenuers.

That's completely leaving out any of the flat out corrupt or bad cops that abuse their power. I'm talking specifically about the job as it currently is. They exist to generate revenue to continue to grow the government.

 

[Cippy91]

I wouldn’t say 99 percent of cops are good but I also wouldn’t say a majority are bad either. Don’t know why you’re so angry about this

 

[TradeNurkicNow]

Anecdotal evidence of cops planting drugs on folks has existed for decades. Body cams are starting to show some cases. It happened in Baltimore earlier this year.

Also, on the subject of how many "bad cops" there really are... consider this, which appears to be more relevant than ever.

 

[dviss1]

I wouldn’t say 99 percent of cops are good but I also wouldn’t say a majority are bad either. Don’t know why you’re so angry about this

I'm not angry. You like paint me in that picture and I'm really getting sick of it. Stop.

 

[Orion Bailey]

No one in here knows 99% of the police force so get the FUCK outta here with that 99% of cops are good cops bullshit. Cops say:

"see something, say something".

Well, they see their cohorts doing shit all the time and they don't say ANYTHING.

The counter argument would be, do you know 1% of all police officers? No? Then how do you know its NOT true?

 

[bodyman5000 and 1]

I'd say statistically cops should be worse than average in morality compared to any other profession. Too attractive a position for those that seek power over others. It is common sense IMO.

 

[dviss1]

The counter argument would be, do you know 1% of all police officers? No? Then how do you know its NOT true?

My cousin is a Multnomah County Sheriff/CO. My other cousin is a police officer in La Grande. Both good people. One went from Crip to Cop.

 

[dviss1]

The counter argument would be, do you know 1% of all police officers? No? Then how do you know its NOT true?

Also, It's not true because human nature makes it not true. Even 99% of pussy isn't good...

 

[dviss1]

I wouldn’t say 99 percent of cops are good but I also wouldn’t say a majority are bad either. Don’t know why you’re so angry about this

Also, where are you getting "majority are bad" from? I never said anything like that. Then you go and assume how I'm feeling about it. You need to stop doing this bruh...

 

[BrianFromWA]

I feel, though I've never been part of a police force, that police officers (and I'll throw judges in there, as well) hold far too much power over your life

I mean, spending the majority of my life in uniform, I constantly undergo screening, training, periodic clearance updates, yearly fitness reports, etc. and am held to a pretty strong set of regulations and laws (The Uniform Code of Military Justice is much more strict than standard US Code). And I can't even arrest someone, impound someone's car, assess fines, etc.

AFAIK, police officers and judges are not held to similar standards, which TBH should be much tougher if they hold those powers over us.

 

[Natebishop3]

I feel, though I've never been part of a police force, that police officers (and I'll throw judges in there, as well) hold far too much power over your life

I mean, spending the majority of my life in uniform, I constantly undergo screening, training, periodic clearance updates, yearly fitness reports, etc. and am held to a pretty strong set of regulations and laws (The Uniform Code of Military Justice is much more strict than standard US Code). And I can't even arrest someone, impound someone's car, assess fines, etc.

AFAIK, police officers and judges are not held to similar standards, which TBH should be much tougher if they hold those powers over us.

The standards to become a cop are disgustingly low.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Do you know them all? We know the answer to that. Are 99% if humans good people? Don't answer that. Does 21 weeks of police academy (16 weeks in Oregon) change what you believe socially? No reason to answer that one either.

I like to argue your over reaction posts with my own over exaggeration posts simply because i find the irony hilarious when your posts try to bring stuff back to reasonable.

Did i do that right?

There are certainly some bad apples out there. You've stated you disagree that we are all inherently evil, so who do you think are the good people? What makes someone inherently good? Is it that they vote democrat? Or is it deeper than that? Should we have only black police? Then whitey couldnt abuse his power. Or would cops then be reffered to as uncle toms, like most of my coworkers get called regularly? It's almost as if racism isnt an isolated problem... but then you've also expressed that a minority can not be racist? Does that mean in africa that all black people are racists against white people because white people are the minority?

 

[rasheedfan2005]

My cousin is a Multnomah County Sheriff/CO. My other cousin is a police officer in La Grande. Both good people. One went from Crip to Cop.

My best friend was a gang banger in chicago, now he's the hardest worker i know. People change.

 

[Further]

Cops are people and very few of us are good all the time or bad all the time. The same cops who plant evidence also arrest rapists and help others. The problem is, it’s never ok for a police person to be bad. Going through 99% of the day being good and then doing something shady and illegal erases the rest of that 99%. So yes, I’m guessing a large percentage of police cross the morality line from time to time. So only 1% May be rotten to the core, but a huge swath of the rest of the police are bad in moments. That makes them defacto bad.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

The standards to become a cop are disgustingly low.

Probably because no one wants to get shot at for $13-$22 an hour except for people who legit want to serve community, or cant find anything better. If y'all want higher standards why dont you vote to pay police $40 an hour and require more regular training. More qualified people would do the job for that kind of pay. As things stand, i'd rather get a networking degree and make $90k a year to catch employees watching porn and surfing facebook in an office building.

 

[tlongII]

Wow... That's really fucked up...

Why? Why do you believe this? Maybe you just want to.

I think it is naive to think that after 16 weeks, people are going to change their stripes.

Of course I want to believe they're good people. I choose to believe anyone is a good dude without evidence to the contrary.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Of course I want to believe they're good people. I choose to believe anyone is a good dude without evidence to the contrary.

I believe everyone is a self absorbent wiener, but i treat everyone with respect until they prove my beliefs right.

 

[Cippy91]

Also, where are you getting "majority are bad" from? I never said anything like that. Then you go and assume how I'm feeling about it. You need to stop doing this bruh...

Maybe try elaborating on your posts as opposed to just saying "99 percent of cops are good, yeah right!!" followed by "looks like 100 percent of these officers are bad!!"

okay so what are you trying to say here? okay so how many are bad? you have it all figured out right?

 

[Further]

Probably because no one wants to get shot at for $13-$22 an hour except for people who legit want to serve community, or cant find anything better. If y'all want higher standards why dont you vote to pay police $40 an hour and require more regular training. More qualified people would do the job for that kind of pay. As things stand, i'd rather get a networking degree and make $90k a year to catch employees watching porn and surfing facebook in an office building.

I think we should pass a law that permits police to plant evidence and accept bribes from Asians. Sure, it will suck for the Asians but the cops salary will skyrocket and perhaps they will get all their unethical behavior out of their system.

 

[Orion Bailey]

My cousin is a Multnomah County Sheriff/CO. My other cousin is a police officer in La Grande. Both good people. One went from Crip to Cop.

Nice. See you were wrong. per your stats, 100% are good.

I like to argue your over reaction posts with my own over exaggeration posts simply because i find the irony hilarious when your posts try to bring stuff back to reasonable.

Did i do that right?

There are certainly some bad apples out there. You've stated you disagree that we are all inherently evil, so who do you think are the good people? What makes someone inherently good? Is it that they vote democrat? Or is it deeper than that? Should we have only black police? Then whitey couldnt abuse his power. Or would cops then be reffered to as uncle toms, like most of my coworkers get called regularly? It's almost as if racism isnt an isolated problem... but then you've also expressed that a minority can not be racist? Does that mean in africa that all black people are racists against white people because white people are the minority?

Well for starters what makes a good person is someone who feels guilt.
No one is perfect and whether there is intent or not, if you feel guilty about doing someone else wrong, there is good in you.
Take that a step further. The person who smiles and remains calm and kind in the face of adversity, I would deem kind.

There is only one answer to all of this and its been the same answer since the beginning of time.

Treat everyone you encounter the same way you would like o be treated yourself. Period. End of Story.

That would weed out the inherently evil ones and allow the kind ones to live in more peaceful times.
Until we follow this common sense logic at all times en mass... there will always be layers and confusion and finger pointing and questions as to motive and premeditated evil.

The problem is this country was founded on selfish capitalism and the majority of our citizens believe its their right to be selfish and cut in line and step on the guy next to them to get ahead.

So the second answer is remove capitalism and form robots. Then we are all equal and treated the same....


See how impossibly difficult it is to create a utopia? IT will never add up for all.

 

[Cippy91]

Obviously there are corrupt cops now and throughout history. I just think today more than ever they get more shit than they actually should get probably because the media likes to paint cops as people who just like to kill blacks when that's far from the truth. I have had my run in with bad cops and good cops. Also cops tend to get shit from your average angry social justice warrior at some meaningless protest getting screamed at and called fascists for doing their job by just standing there. Fact is a lot of cops are humans like everybody else and their job is insanely difficult. Whether you hate them or not, who is it you are gonna call when shit goes down? usually cops. I just can't stand the hypocrisy. A lot of these guys gotta live their life constantly dealing with shitty people and liars. See their side for once

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Nice. See you were wrong. per your stats, 100% are good.



Well for starters what makes a good person is someone who feels guilt.
No one is perfect and whether there is intent or not, if you feel guilty about doing someone else wrong, there is good in you.
Take that a step further. The person who smiles and remains calm and kind in the face of adversity, I would deem kind.

There is only one answer to all of this and its been the same answer since the beginning of time.

Treat everyone you encounter the same way you would like o be treated yourself. Period. End of Story.

That would weed out the inherently evil ones and allow the kind ones to live in more peaceful times.
Until we follow this common sense logic at all times en mass... there will always be layers and confusion and finger pointing and questions as to motive and premeditated evil.

The problem is this country was founded on selfish capitalism and the majority of our citizens believe its their right to be selfish and cut in line and step on the guy next to them to get ahead.

So the second answer is remove capitalism and form robots. Then we are all equal and treated the same....


See how impossibly difficult it is to create a utopia? IT will never add up for all.

I like your guilty arguement. I think honesty should be something employers value. You know whats funny though? Every job application im truthful on, im immediately screened as a no go, except for guess what, law enforcement applications. That tells me law enforecement values truth over past mistakes. All other jobs seem to want you to be perfect, or lie and claim to be perfect.

I submitted an application last week to a technical job. They had a questionnaire to determine if they would even read your application. One question was have you ever lied on your time card? I was honest, i lied once when i was young and dumb and got caught and got fired. I was relieved when i was fired, because i spent 2 weeks feeling guilty. I never turned myself in because my coworker did the same thing, and i knew id get her in trouble too. i learned from my mistake, and never repeated it. But this was a yes or no question. So i answered yes without an explination. I was immediately denied. However when police departments do a background check that's exactly what they want, honesty. Not lying is an easy way to land a decent job as law enforcement.

 

[rasheedfan2005]

Obviously there are corrupt cops now and throughout history. I just think today more than ever they get more shit than they actually should get probably because the media likes to paint cops as people who just like to kill blacks when that's far from the truth. I have had my run in with bad cops and good cops. Also cops tend to get shit from your average angry social justice warrior at some meaningless protest getting screamed at and called fascists for doing their job by just standing there. Fact is a lot of cops are humans like everybody else and their job is insanely difficult. Whether you hate them or not, who is it you are gonna call when shit goes down? usually cops. I just can't stand the hypocrisy. A lot of these guys gotta live their life constantly dealing with shitty people and liars. See their side for once

I agree and appriciate people who think like this. People seem to expect police to deal with all the high stress and remain perfect. Its probably why so many have drinking and family problems. Then because of the pressure of the media their supervisors are quick to punish them for anything, addidng to the stress even more, because now they afraid to lose their jobs over minor mistakes, forget being corrupt, if a cop gets in a fender bender the other driver will want his head and his job, and many supervisors would can them just to avoid the media attention.

I certainly dont excuse major moral violations. But i can certainly see why the temptation exists.