Baltimore is no longer the set of "The Wire, " where fictional police (pronounced locally as "poh-leece") lie and manipulate their way to an arrest. Or isn't it? On March 24, 2013, Justin George, of The Baltimore Sun, reported on the alleged police misconduct of a Baltimore City cop, Kendall Richburg. And it is script-worthy, indeed. As a lawyer, I laugh only to keep from crying.
Mr. George chronicles the wrongful conviction of an alleged drug buyer convicted on Officer Richburg's lie about actually observing the "hand-to-hand" drug purchase. This story details some pretty awful police conduct, and it would be appalling enough, on its own, even without the full back story of Officer Richburg's misdeeds.
Mr. George chronicles the wrongful conviction of an alleged drug buyer convicted on Officer Richburg's lie about actually observing the "hand-to-hand" drug purchase. This story details some pretty awful police conduct, and it would be appalling enough, on its own, even without the full back story of Officer Richburg's misdeeds.
