Officer Richard Pinheiro can be seen placing a plastic bag full of white capsules into rubbish being investigated by other officers. As a result, a Baltimore man was held in jail for months after being implicated in the crime; he has since been freed. The public defender’s office is now looking into 53 other cases that Pinheiro was involved in to investigate further misconduct. “There is nothing that deteriorates the trust of any community more than thinking for one second that uniformed police officers, or police officers in general, would plant evidence of crimes on citizens,” said Commissioner
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