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Baltimore Cops on Trial for Conspiracy, Robbery in Massive Police Corruption Scandal

HeadlineFeb 07, 2018

In Baltimore, Maryland, closing arguments are slated to begin today for two Baltimore police officers who face racketeering conspiracy and robbery charges, as part of what The New York Times is calling one of the most startling police corruption scandals in a generation. The officers were part of an elite plainclothes unit called the Gun Trace Task Force. Six other members of the task force have already pleaded guilty to an array of crimes. Prosecutors say the task force stole hundreds of thousands of dollars from city residents, broke into people’s houses, stole drugs and then gave them to drug dealers, and even carried around BB guns they could use to plant on people they shot. We’ll have more on the case later in the broadcast.

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