Planted Drugs, Stolen Evidence, Arrested Cops, Trumped Up Charges: Hundreds of Cases Dismissed After Black Baton Rouge Narcotics Officer Reports Corruption In His Own Unit
More than 700 criminal cases have been thrown out and local prosecutors say hundreds more may be tainted after corruption was recently exposed in the Baton Rouge Police Department Narcotics Division.
An officer at the center of the scandal has been arrested twice, four high-ranking narcotics officers have been reassigned to different divisions, and the department is leading a criminal investigation into the drug unit’s possible wrongdoing.
According to WBRZ, the Baton Rouge TV station that broke news of the brewing scandal, narcotics officers planted drugs, made stops without probable cause, and targeted random Black and brown people for trumped-up charges as part of an arrest quota mandated by the division’s supervisors.
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CAUGHT ON CAMERA: EBRSO investigating after four suspects burglarize vehicles
East Baton Rouge Sheriff s Office unit(WAFB)
By WAFB Staff
Published: May. 7, 2021 at 2:52 PM CDT|Updated: May. 7, 2021 at 2:48 PM CDT
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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - The East Baton Rouge Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating after four unidentified suspects were caught on camera burglarizing vehicles.
According to authorities, the incident happened in the early morning hours of May 4 in the 7400 block of Oak Meadow.
A spokesperson with EBRSO says the same suspects also were also spotted burglarizing vehicles later on in the 13500 block of Bogwood, which is within the same neighborhood.
The father, Eric Derell Smith, 30, was struck and killed by multiple gunshots. The infant, La’Mello Parker, was struck once and killed, but the local coroner's office did not immediately confirm whether the baby was shot by the police or by the father. The post 3-Month-Old Baby Shot Dead After as Many as 50 Police Cars Chased Double-Murder Suspect Father Across State Lines first appeared on Law & Crime.