LA Police Caught on Body Cam Planting Drugs in Black Suspect’s Wallet
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Complex
November 11, 2017

“During the pretrial hearing for 52-year-old Ronald Shields, who has been charged with a felony hit-and-run and possession of cocaine, Shield’s attorney Steve Levine argued that the drugs were planted on his client at the time of the arrest. Even though the LAPD has been keeping body cam videos from these arrests away from the public eye, CBS2 News Investigative Reporter David Goldstein was able to obtain the footage of Shields’ arrest which appears to show officers placing drugs in the suspect’s wallet.”

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