Miami Police Cleared Officers of Misconduct
Fourteen Miami police officers facing federal corruption charges were investigated by their own department for at least 293 allegations of misconduct, a newspaper investigation found.
The Police Department’s internal investigations cleared the officers of all the accusations, which included witness reports or physical evidence of pistol whippings, broken noses, and in one case, rape, the Miami Herald reported.
In September, 14 members of special Miami police squads were charged in an FBI investigation into guns planted at crime scenes and lies to cover up wrongful police actions in four questionable shootings.
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