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Related: About this forumOne officer left standing after indictments of Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force members
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/crime/bs-md-ci-clewell-gun-task-force-20170905-story.htmlBaltimore Police Det. John Clewell worked nearly two years on the departments gun trace task force  an elite unit that raided homes throughout the city searching for firearms in an effort to quell historic rates of violence.
Were the make stuff happen police, Clewell told a Northeast Baltimore couple whose apartment he raided in April 2015, according to his own account of the incident in charging documents.
Now Clewell is the only member of the task force who has not been indicted on federal racketeering charges.
The rest of the unit has been accused of robbing suspects, filing false paperwork and committing overtime fraud. Seven members were indicted by a federal grand jury in March; an eighth was indicted in August.
Were the make stuff happen police, Clewell told a Northeast Baltimore couple whose apartment he raided in April 2015, according to his own account of the incident in charging documents.
Now Clewell is the only member of the task force who has not been indicted on federal racketeering charges.
The rest of the unit has been accused of robbing suspects, filing false paperwork and committing overtime fraud. Seven members were indicted by a federal grand jury in March; an eighth was indicted in August.
					
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						One officer left standing after indictments of Baltimore Gun Trace Task Force members (Original Post)
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oneshooter
(8,614 posts)1. But the cops are the only ones that can be trusted with firearms.  n/t
         
    
 sarisataka
(22,083 posts)2. I heard that somewhere...
        sarisataka
(22,083 posts)3. This task force sounds like a gun control wet dream.
        We have seen here- "when we are talking about reducing the power and influence of the police, we need to consider the opposite: they need free reign to search any home and car in search of illegal weapons."
I wonder what went wrong
yagotme
(4,126 posts)4. "We're the "make stuff happen police,""
        Seems to me that there's this piece of paper, you know, guaranteeing "people" rights against an oppressive government.  If you lose one amendment, what happens to the rest, again???
 
   
  
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