>>>4@
>>>4@ MORE THAN 1000 PILLS OF 4@ OPIOIDS, THAT IS WHAT ST. 4@LOU
POLICE FOUND AFTER BUSTING A 4@
CONFESSED 4@DRUG DEALER ALONG
WITH $30,000 IN CASH.
>> YOU MAY BE SURPRISED TO HEAR
WHAT HAPPENED AFTER HIS ARREST.
GOOD EVENING.
GOOD EVENING. >> THE OFFICER WHO MADE THE
DRUG BUST 4@SAID THE 4@PROSECUT
REFUSED TO EVEN LISTEN TO HIM
WHEN HE TRIED TO PRESENT THE
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE.
EVIDENCE. NOW THE SUSPECT IS BACK ON THE
STREET.
STREET.
STREET. JACOB IS HERE WITH THIS
EXCLUSIVE4@. 4@
EXCLUSIVE4@. 4@ >> OFFICERS IN THIS SITUATION
ARE REQUIRED TO TURN OVER
EVIDENCE WHEN THE LEAVE THEY
HAVE PROBABLE 4@CAUSE THAT A
CRIME WAS COMMITTED.4@
THE OFFICER SAID WHEN HE TRIED
TO DO HIS JOB, THE DISTRICT
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE BRUSHED HIM
OFF.
OFF.
OFF. NOW
OFF. NOW THE DRUG DEALER IS 4@FREE T
KEEP SELLING.
KEEP SELLING. >> IT IS4@4@4@ COMPLETELY UP TO
CHANCE WHETHER YOU WILL SEE
JUSTICE IN THIS CITY.
>> ON PAPER IT MAY SEEM LIKE A
SLIM DOG CASE.
AN OFFICER BUS A DRUG DEALER.
THIS ARREST 4@GAVE WAY TO4@ $30
IN OPIOID PEELS.4@
BUT WHAT HAPPENED NEXT MAY
SHOCK YOU.
SHOCK YOU. >> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF IN
OPIOID CRISIS WHERE PEOPLE ARE
DYING EVERY DAY.4@4@
THEY WERE COMPLETELY DISMISSIVE
OF THE CASE.
>> ON FRIDAY THE LEAD OFFICER
OF THE CASE WALK INT4@O THE
DISTRICT ATTORNEY OFFICE AND HE
WAS SHOWN THE DOOR.
>> THEY DIDN'T EVEN KEEP THE
REPORT.
REPORT.
REPORT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT LOOK
AT IT. 4@
AT IT. 4@
AT IT. 4@ >> THE OFFICER WHOSE VOICE WE
ARE4@ DISGUISING TO PROTECT HIS
IDENTITY RECORDED THE INCIDENT
ON HIS CELL PHONE.
>> 4@I WANT TO DO THIS.
THERE'S CURRENCY SEIZURE
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED.
INVOLVED. I HAVE TO 4@DO THIS.
MY BOSS NEEDS TO THIS DONE.
I CAN'T 4@DO THIS WITHOUT4@ YOU
PERMISSION.
PERMISSION. >> OVER LESS THAN TWO MINUTES,
NEITHER THE OFFICER OR THE
THREE INVESTIGATORS FROM THE
CIRCUIT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE EVER
RAISED THEIR VOICE BUT THE WAY
EVERYTHING ENDS IS CLEAR.
THE CASE WON'T EVEN BE
CONSIDERED, MEANING NO CHARGES
WILL BE FILED.
>> WHAT I AM SAYING IS EITHER
YOU'RE GOING TO TAKE THIS
PAPERWORK BACK OR YOU'RE NOT.
THAT IS THE END OF IT.4@
YOU'RE EITHER GOING TO TAKE IT
BACK ABOUT.
BACK ABOUT. >> SO YOU 4@GUYS ARE NOT GOING
EVEN LOOK AT IT. 4@
>> KNOW.
>> KNOW.
>> KNOW. >> THANK YOU. 4@
>> AFTERWARDS, THE OFFICERS
THAT THIS MEMO TO A SUPERVISOR
CLAIMING THOSE INVESTIGATORS
TRIED TO INTIMIDATE HIM CALLING
HIS EXPERIENCE 4@IN THE OFFICE
PROFESSIONAL.
PROFESSIONAL. >> THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO 4@DO
THEIR JOB.
THEIR JOB. THAT IS WHAT HE WANTED.
ONLY ONE OF 4@THOSE THINGS
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN. >> WE ASKED ABOUT THE VIDEO IN
THE MEMO.
THE MEMO.
THE MEMO. THE EXPLANATION WAS THE OFFICER
IS BLACKLISTED BY THE OFFICE
AND FOR GOOD 4@REASON.
>> THE 4@MISCHARACTERIZATIONS O
THIS INDIVIDUAL AND THE
SITUATION, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE
CASE,4@ THE THINGS HE SAID WERE
NOT TRUE.
NOT TRUE.
NOT TRUE. >> THAT IS WHY THE OFFICER IS
ON HER EXCLUSION LIST 4@WITH 28
OTHER COPS BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE
CALLS CREDIBILITY 4@ISSUES.
IN FACT4@ SHE SAID HE KNEW HE W
CALLS CREDIBILITY 4@ISSUES. IN FACT4@ SHE SAID HE KNEW HE W@
NOT SUPPOSED TO TRY TO4@ GET
CHARGES.
CHARGES.
CHARGES. >> TO HAVE THIS OFFICER HANDLED
THIS THE WAY HE DID, WHEN TIME
AFTER TIME THE PROCESS HAS BEEN
COMMUNICATED4@ TO THEIR
SUPERVISORS, AT THAT POINT,4@
THAT IS TAKING MATTERS INTO
YOUR OWN HANDS.
>> BUT HER LIST PUTS HER AT
ODDS WITH SOME POLICE AND THEIR
UNION SAYS 4@THIS IS ONE EXAMPL
SHOWING HOW THAT TENSION LEAVE
THE COMMUNITY AT RISK.
>> EACH ONE OF THOSE THOUSANDS
OF 4@BILLS THAT THEY CAUGHT HIM
WITH, 4@THEY HAVE THE NAME OF
SOME YOUNG PERSON ON THERE WHO
MAY OVERDOSED BECAUSE THIS GUY
IS STILL ON THE STREETS.
>> SHE SAYS HER OFFICE IS NOW
REVIEWING THE DRUG CASE AND
THAT IS ONLY BECAUSE ANOTHER
OFFICER FROM THAT SAME DRUG
BUST,4@ WHO IS NOT ON THE
EXCLUSION LIST, HE CAME4@ IN
AFTERWARDS TO APPLY FOR CHARGES
AND SOMETIMES YOU CAN GET A
DIFFERENT OUTCOME BY THIS
STANDARD. 4@
STANDARD. 4@ IN THE MEANTIME, KIM GARDNER IS
DEFENDING HER OFFICES4@ ORIGINA
RESPONSE TO THIS SITUATION AND
SHE IS STANDING BY HER
EXCLUSION LIST.
EXCLUSION LIST. >> SO THE OFFICER MAY BE THE
ONLY ONE 4@THERE BUT4@ THEY CAN
BRING THE EVIDENCE IN?
>> SOME OF THEM HAVE BEEN
REASSIGNED, OTHERS ARE STILL ON
THE STREETS CONTINUING TO
INVESTIGATE CRIMES.
INVESTIGATE CRIMES. THEY FEEL THEY ARE LEGALLY
OBLIGATED TO DO THAT AND TO
TURN THE EVIDENCE OVER. 4@
MANY OF THEM DO NOT KNOW WHY
THEY WERE PUT ON THE LIST.
AS OF TODAY WE DID LEARN THAT
100 LOW LEVEL DRUG CASES HAVE
BEEN TOSSED OUT BECAUSE OF THE
OFFICERS ON THE LIST.
>> WILL THEY EVER FIND OUT 4@WH
THEY ARE ON THE LIST?
>> THIS IS CURRENTLY4@ TIED UP
THE COURT SYSTEM BETWEEN THE
CIRCUIT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE IN
THE POLICE UNION WHO BELIEVE IT
IS NOT VALID.
>> IF YOU 4@WANT SOMETHING