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Javaman

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18. There was a story a while back about a cop in the "Bed-Sty" area of Brooklyn NY that recorded

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 22, 2013, 11:02 AM

Nov 2013

countless hours of his superiors doing a few things that would "fudge" their crime reports.

degrading such things as rape to misdemeanor crimes. All so they could appear as if crime in that area was under control and the cops were doing a "great job"

also they would target minorities purposely time and time again for nothing at all just to fill a quota for the month.

This behavior is rampant through out the US.

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