Raleigh Detective Fired After Being Accused of Framing Black Men With Fake Heroin
3 November 2021
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3 November 2021
There’s always been stories about officers planting things on Black citizens to create reasons for arrests. Well, it seems that former Raleigh Detective Omar Abdullah has made those fears a bit more real for the Black people living in Raleigh, N.C. According to ABC 11, the Raleigh Police department confirmed on Monday that Abdullah—who was placed on leave last year after he was accused of framing numerous men for heroin trafficking, leading to their arrests—was fired on Oct. 28. He has not been criminally charged. A civil rights lawsuit was filed back in April against the detective, seven other officers ...
Raleigh Detective Fired After Being Accused of Framing Black Men With Fake Heroin
Former Raleigh Detective Omar Abdullah is accused of using an informant to plant the heroin that led to the wrongful arrests of Black men.
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