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Newshawk: allan
Webpage: http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/
Pubdate: Mon, 29 Sep 2008
Source: Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)
Copyright: 2008 The Times-Picayune
Contact:
Website: http://www.nola.com/t-p/
Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/848
Author: Andrew Vanacore, The Times-Picayune
Bookmark: http://www.mapinc.org/corrupt.htm (Corruption - United States)
CITY SETTLES LAWSUIT AGAINST NOPD OFFICERS ACCUSED OF PLANTING DRUGS
The raid on Russell's Tire Shop had the look of a successful
garden-variety drug bust.
Acting on an informant's tip, police stormed the building on North
Galvez Street and hauled out three suspects, a bag of heroin, a
quarter-ounce of crack cocaine and more than $4,000 in cash. Police
say they found the evidence in plain sight.
But 11 months after the August 2002 bust, prosecutors dropped the
charges. And this June, attorneys for the city offered the men accused
of dealing the drugs $85,000 to settle a lawsuit that alleged the four
New Orleans police detectives involved in the raid planted the drugs
- -- and uprooted the lives of innocent people.
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MAP posted-by: Larry Seguin
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