4 Chicago cops accused of framing innocent people to be arrested

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http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-bust07.html

4 cops may have ruined 100 cases

September 7, 2006

BY FRANK MAIN AND CAROL MARIN Staff Reporters


Authorities are expected to arrest four Chicago Police officers today in a corruption investigation that could lead Cook County prosecutors to drop more than 100 criminal cases because they were tainted by the allegedly crooked cops.

The officers are members of the department's elite Special Operations Section, a citywide unit that seizes guns and drugs in crime hot spots.

All 4 have been sued

At least four other officers, including a woman, have been stripped of their power to carry guns and make arrests, sources said.

The officers are accused of raiding homes and stealing valuables -- sometimes from drug dealers and sometimes from ordinary citizens. snip

In some cases, the officers were accused of stealing cash, jewelry and framing people with crimes they did not commit.

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1. Mark Furman, ex-LA cop and star evidence planter is now featured

...on the Hannity Show, so I guess word is now going out to law enforcement everywhere how to get the number of arrests and convictions up.

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2. Chicago and LA are running neck and neck for who has...

the worse Fascist Gestapo. I have never at anytime had any sympathy for the Chicago or LA PD's.