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Florida: Three Ex-Police Officers Plead Guilty to Framing Black Men

HeadlineOct 19, 2018

In Florida, three former police officers pleaded guilty in connection with the framing of innocent black men in Biscayne Park. The officers admitted to making false arrests as part of a scheme orchestrated by former Police Chief Raimundo Atesiano to benefit his department’s crimes record. Atesiano pleaded guilty last month to depriving three innocent black men of their civil rights by framing them.

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