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Criminal charges were dismissed today against two of three Los Angeles police officers accused of falsifying records that claimed people they had stopped were gang members or gang associates, after a judge earlier this year dismissed similar charges against three other officers.
Criminal charges were dismissed Monday against two of three Los Angeles police officers accused of falsifying records that claimed people they had stopped were gang members or gang associates, after a judge earlier this year dismissed similar charges against three other officers.
In the two years since dozens of LAPD officers were implicated in a scandal involving how people are identified as gang members, the investigation has largely crumbled.
A judge ruled that prosecutors did not have enough evidence to continue with the case against officers Rene Braga, Julio Garcia and Raul Uribe.
Law enforcement "gang databases" are a joke. And definitely not a funny one. Officers can convert innocent citizens into gang...