Lawyers say body cam footage shows Baltimore officers planting drugs – again

By Brian Seay

For the second time in the last several weeks, defense attorneys in Baltimore are alleging that body camera footage shows officers planting drugs on defendants.
A lawyer on Tuesday said the newest video shows officers engaging “in what appears to be a staged recovery of narcotics,” according to the Baltimore Sun.
Josh Insley’s client, 35-year-old Shamere Collins, was arrested in November when officers observed what they believed to be a drug deal happening in her car. When they pulled her over, officers said they smelled marijuana before searching the vehicle. They found a baggy with marijuana and heroin, and Collins and her passenger were charged.
“Those drugs were not in that car when we were pulled out,” Collins said in a statement. “The state dismissed the case against me and my attorneys are reviewing the tapes to see what steps to take next.”
Collins was represented by a public defender in the criminal case, and the defender’s office released the series of body camera videos. The office said the time-stamped footage shows one officer thoroughly searching the vehicle and coming up with nothing on the driver’s side. Then, the officers turn their body cameras on and off. When they come back on, another officer

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