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Effete Snob

(8,387 posts)
2. No need to watch the whole video?
Tue Jul 27, 2021, 10:20 AM
Jul 2021

Two questions to ponder:

1. Why was no one arrested for the "planted evidence"?

2. The body cam video of the full incident has been out for days. Why is it not posted here?

https://www.wbay.com/2021/07/25/body-camera-video-released-response-social-media-post-claiming-police-planted-evidence/

CALEDONIA, Wis. (WBAY) - An incident caught on camera involving officers with the Caledonia Police Department during a traffic stop has gone viral after the video was posted on social media, and prompted the department to release body camera footage of the stop.

In the social media post including the 14 second cell phone video clip, it claims an officer with the department planted evidence in a vehicle. Action 2 News has reached out to the person who filmed the incident for permission to use the video clip, but have not heard back as of this publishing. The man’s Facebook page identifies the man who filmed the incident as “La Savoo”, who says he is a music artist from Racine. You can see the post and watch the video by clicking here to view it on Facebook.

Police responded to that claim Saturday night by releasing body camera video, which can be found later in this article, as well as in the video above.


Long story short - if you watch the whole video, they find an empty bag on one of the vehicle occupants. The empty bag is handed to another cop who discards it by putting it back in the car they came from.

Kinda funny how the original video keeps being circulated days after the full video was released, and that nobody even bothers to stop and think about the fact that nobody was arrested over the "planted evidence".

What's the theory here? They "planted evidence" in the car and then let the folks go on their way? Are the cops giving out drugs now?

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