Undercover Informant Plants Crack Cocaine in Smoke Shop, Business Owner Saved by Tape

[theworldismine13]

Undercover Informant Plants Crack Cocaine in Smoke Shop, Business Owner Saved by Tape - Hit & Run : Reason.com

Who exactly is the victim when crack cocaine is found on someone’s person or property? Maybe the owner of that property? In Scotia, New York, local and county police decided they were suspicious of Donald Andrew’s smoke shope, one of many in Schenectady County but, according to Cory Doctorow at BoingBoing, apparently the only own owned by a black person. They sent an informant, someone facing jail time of their own, to, er, “investigate.” Here’s what happened, via the local NBC affiliate, WNYT: The second time, [Donald] Andrews's attorney Kevin Luibrand does play by play that appears to show the informant planting, then photographing crack cocaine that led to Andrews arrest.

"He comes in," Luibrand narrated over video shot on in-store surveillance cameras. "Places the crack on the counter. Crack, which under federal sentencing guidelines, would get him 4 years in jail. Under New York State law would get him 2 to 7 years in jail."

There are seven cameras in plain view in Andrews small store.
Andrews was arrested until he was able to show police the surveillance video exonerating him. WNYT reports the county sheriff admitted procedures were not followed and blamed the informant, who has apparently gone missing. Andrews is preparing to sue for his wrongful arrest.

You can watch the surveillance video in this WNYT news segment:

 

[Serious]

Andrews was arrested until he was able to show police the surveillance video exonerating him. WNYT reports the county sheriff admitted procedures were not followed and blamed the informant, who has apparently gone missing. Andrews is preparing to sue for his wrongful arrest.

innocent until proven gulity...

GZ murders a teen, yet walks within four hours. This cat gets framed and is immediately thrown the book...

 

[88m3]

Happy he got it sorted the guys around my age and by all accounts a good dude.


My friends out there said the cac had it out for him because its a small white town.

 

[NZA]

i wonder what their definition of proper procedure is?

stay camera'd up, brehs

 

[Slystallion]

That's what happens when you use criminals to try to catch alleged criminals...they will do whatever it takes to save themselves

 

[Slystallion]

From here on out I'm putting a dash cam on car cameras at home and in future business's I may have

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

Thank god this man got exonerated. fukk this disgusting war on drugs.

 

[tru_m.a.c]

That's what happens when you use criminals to try to catch alleged criminals...they will do whatever it takes to save themselves

sounds like regular detective work to me

 

[Meta Reign]

So why does this news report have the shop owner's face plastered all over the screen in mugshot, when the crook here is a the white rat working for the cops?

 

[cheek100]

So why does this news report have the shop owner's face plastered all over the screen in mugshot, when the crook here is a the white rat working for the cops?

 

[newworldafro]

So why does this news report have the shop owner's face plastered all over the screen in mugshot, when the crook here is a the white rat working for the cops?

Its the only photo they could find ......

 

[Blackking]

The media, cops, war on drugs....

lol at 'African American'

 

[Dirty_Jerz]

2013 got a ill vibe to it right now

 

[www.THUG.com]

Damn! The brother almost got jammed up by a setup. I'm glad he invested in good quality surveillance. That "informant" won't be around for too long.

 

[ExodusNirvana]

And yet the sambos in Higher Learning SWEAR it's the black community's fault