It added that “the officers involved are still witnesses in other active cases that are currently being pursued for prosecution in Baltimore City Circuit Court. The officer whose camera shows him planting the drugs, Officer Richard Pinheiro, is a witness in approximately 53 active cases.”Efforts to reach Officer Pinheiro by phone and through the Police Department on Wednesday were unsuccessful. An assistant state’s attorney involved with the case referred questions to Melba Saunders, a spokeswoman for the state’s attorney’s office. He did not specify which officer had been suspended, and he did not name any of the officers under investigation. The additional videos appear to show officers stopping both suspects and recovering illicit drugs from each.

Source: New York Times July 20, 2017 01:14 UTC