Baltimore taxpayers have shelled out $24.5 million over the past five years to settle misconduct cases involving city police officers.
“The city of Baltimore is going to be on the hook for millions and millions more dollars,” said Sean Kennedy with Maryland’s Public Policy Institute.
Earlier this month, the city agreed to pay $600,000 to settle the first two lawsuits associated with the former gun trace task force. Seven former officers from that unit are now serving federal sentences for robbing and threatening city residents.
“There are dozens of cases, and there could be more, especially as people come out of the woodwork, seeing that these people are winning large settlements,” said Kennedy.
Its unclear how many additional lawsuits are in the state and federal courts but all of them come with a huge cost to city taxpayers.
“Baltimoreans should have hope, because it can’t get much worse,” said Kennedy.
Plus, Two Arrested in Attacks on Police in 24 Hours in Baltimore, 40-50 Car Windows Smashed in Patterson Park, and Dozens of Crashes, Dangerous Intersection to Get Relief After FOX45 Presses for Answers
00:00 Police Misconduct
02:37 Attacks on Police in 24 Hours
05:03 40-50 Car Windows Smashed
07:10 Dangerous Intersection
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God hope the ambushes start again!!!
If a cop's mouth is open you can be guaranteed a lie is coming out of it!!!
Billions of dead pigs please
Lies there's more attacks on citizens by police in this country crazy lady
I'm about to go get me a lawsuit😂😂
Long as the taxpayers don't care and don't do anything about it will just keep happening😂😂 oh well
Paid bullies in uniforms-Disgusting 🐽
IF YOU DON'T WANT PEOPLE GOING AFTER OFFICERS WHEN OTHER OFFICERS DO SOMETHING WRONG THEN POLICE HAVE TO STOP OFFICERS IN THE ACT WHEN THEY USE EXCESSIVE FORCE OR AN OFFICER DOING SOMETHING WRONG.
IT's ONLY A FEW BAD APPLES IN EVERY DEPARTMENT IN EVRY STATE IN THE UNITED STATES!
Nothing will ever happen. The police know they are above the law and their own will protect them at any cost
In Baltimore you simply cannot believe what the police say. I believe in the vehicle accident it was the cop who hit the innocent citizen, not the other way around. The charge of fleeing is simply a false charge to justify the officer's illegal action. On the rock throwing, I believe the cops broke their own windows to frame another innocent citizen. That is the kind of faith we have in BPD officers' credibility.
So someone throws rocks at a Police car, while corrupt cops save themselves the effort and just pull the trigger instead.
if it's the fault in the top down to the bottom of the police department let them pay for it out of their police retirement fund.I'll bet you they'll start acting right in policing themselves right if they start costing them we're really hurts in their pocket
That you're pretty much wipe out the police retirement fund.take 24.5 million from the police retirement fund and then see how it works out for them.
They need to be taught the ABCs; I'll explain.
A- sometimes you can talk to them in correcting their bad behavior.
B- sometimes you can beat the shit out if them to correct their bad behavior.
C- sometimes they just need killing.
I don't know about anyone else, but for the amount of money that they cost tax payers I vote for "C", for the majority of them and definitely "B" for the rest of them. Or if they take the money out of the police retirement fund; they can just serve the court sentence.
Make it retroactive for the past 5 years take all that money from the police retirement fund. Anything less would be derelictive those not retrieving those from from the police retirement fund; on direct conflict with their agreement for their services in the office is that they serve. And or take those funds from all the participants that ingaged in misappropriation of funds from the tax paying citizens.
Take away immunity and watch the mistakes disappear fast
Of all the things, why on earth would anyone with a brain, lie to a federal officer ? Eventually the truth is revealed. Not a very smart person
The advertised picture of YAHAWASHI(AKA Jesus Christ)according to THE KING JAMES VERSION OF THE HOLY BIBLE is not the physical discription as discribed in The Book Of Revelations Chapter 1 verses 1 thru 15. Lier,scoffer,unholy teaching.Read your"BIBLE"!
More and more people are shooting cops after the cops start brutalising them and the cops are like ????? and to top it off cops are suing the families of people they kill for emotional distress amerikkka is finished
So when a bad cop does something wrong he should be arrested for it an all cops that stand by and watch it also
They need to be attacked if they dont arrested for the crimes they commit eye for an eye
Oh i see a young black man and a white cop chocking him
You and your company cover up the corruption daily.
There are no good cops. the good ones are run out by the bad ones. when a good officer trys to stop a bad officer he is asked " whos side are you on"
Police have earned every bit of hate they get.
Sooner officer murders a civilian and 20 other criminal police officers side with him when he dose this criminal act so not its not one bad cop is all who are involved
Law enforcement is no more its criminal police officers that harm plant evidence, upduct, human traffic, rape and murder Civilians the police officers are mad up of criminals that have infiltrated positions of law and they get away with the criminal acts and they keep committing them because they law themselves do away with these positions we the people do not need them
making good cops look bad…
It wasn’t an accident or a mistake,,, the thug simply assumed he would never get caught. And if he did, he knew it would never cost him a penny.
R2-D2
😔 – So the citizens are showing their frustration to the behavior – there shouldn’t be so many videos to begin with – it’s awful – people who wear a badge should held to the highest of standards – and yes it starts at the top – and with other officers 🙏🏽😔
How's it a mistake when they're trained to do that nonsense and get away with it you know back when they didn't have cameras on them but now they do
99% of those officers attacked have deserved it, they bring the hate upon themselves.
Qualified immunity needs to go!
& all the good apples are there to serve and protect the criminals with badges before any innocent American.
Sorry your not a good cop when u stand by and do nothing so u deserve what u get
This goes out to all you cops. The actions in this video is why you have lost the respect and support of the people.
These are the "Heros" who assault, rape and murder the American people…all because some corrupt stupid judge makes up "Qualified Immunity" . END qualified immunity, BAN police unions, Halt LEO certifications and require LEO's to be licensed & carry LIABILITY INSURANCE! Require psychological evaluations twice a year. MANDATE all LEO personnel files to be accessible to the general public ONLINE!!!
There's the KKK, Black people hater's, white people hater's, Cops that hate everyone