Secret Tapes Reveal Police Framing Innocent Civilians

Police officers in Mount Vernon, New York, allegedly participated in a rash of misconduct — including framing innocent civilians — in secretly recorded telephone tapes obtained by Gothamist/WNYC.

“Caught on tape by a whistleblower cop, the officers said they witnessed or took part in alarming acts of police misconduct, from framing and beating residents to collaborating with drug dealers, all as part of a culture of impunity within the department’s narcotics unit.”