Virginia Beach Cops Forged DNA Analyes & Reports To Pressure Subjects During Interrogations

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The mendacious idiots in the Virginia Beach Police Department claim that the practice was "legal", yet "in at least one instance, a forged report was presented to a court as evidence." The fraud became known only "after a prosecutor asked the Department of Forensic Science to provide a certified copy of a document that police falsely claimed came from the department". Fraud, forgery, and perjury are crimes!​

Virginia Beach Cops Used Fake DNA To Pressure Subjects During Interrogations: Official
The city's outgoing attorney general says police falsely linked people's DNA to crimes.

13 January 2022

Virginia Beach police used forged documents that linked people’s DNA to a crime to get them to confess or cooperate with investigators, Virginia’s outgoing attorney general announced Wednesday. The city’s police department has changed its policy in the wake of the state’s probe, Attorney General Mark Herring said in a statement. In a separate statement, the city said it had ended the practice in May after conducting its own investigation, but called the tactic legal. Virginia Beach police serve a city of about 450,000 people along the state’s coast. Officers used fake reports purporting to be from the Virginia Department ...

Virginia Beach Cops Used Fake DNA Reports During Interrogations: Official

The city's outgoing attorney general says police falsely linked people's DNA to crimes.

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Virginia Republicans Vote Down Bill To Ban Police Use of Forged Evidence Documents During Interrogations
The bill was introduced in response to a state investigation that found police used fake forensic evidence during interrogations.

2 February 2022

Virginia Republicans in the state's House of Delegates voted down a bill in committee last Friday that would've prohibited Virginia police from using false documents when interrogating suspects. Delegate Jackie Glass (D–Norfolk) sponsored House Bill 1281 after former Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring revealed in January that the Virginia Beach Police Department had forged forensic science reports at least five times for use in interrogations. After an investigation by the Virginia Office of Civil Rights, the city and the department agreed to end the practice. Glass's bill would've prohibited police from using "any document generated by law-enforcement officers or their ...

Virginia Republicans Vote Down Bill To Ban Police Use of Forged Evidence Documents During Interrogations

Virginia Republicans in the state's House of Delegates voted down a bill in committee last Friday that would've prohibited Virginia...

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Virginia Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects

3 February 2022

Cops lie. It's just something they do. It's something all people do. We just expect cops to do less of it because they're entrusted with enforcing laws, which suggests their level of integrity should be higher than that of the policed. Unfortunately, the opposite often tends to be the case. There are many reasons cops lie. All of them are self-centered. They lie to cover up misconduct, salvage illegal searches, deny deployment of excessive force, and ensure narratives are preserved when challenged in court. They also lie to obtain confessions from criminal suspects. There is nothing illegal about this act. ...

Virginia Police Used Fake Forensic Documents To Secure Confessions From Criminal Suspects

Cops lie. It's just something they do. It's something all people do. We just expect cops to do less of it because they're entrusted with enforcing laws, which suggests their level of integrity should be higher than that of the...

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