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Video Suggests Cops Framed Four People on Drug Charges
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Jen Chung
Published Jun 29, 2008
Modified Jun 29, 2008
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Drug charges against four men were dropped when a video showed they had no contact with undercover police officers before they were arrested. Four cops had claimed they bought crack cocaine from the men, but the video showed otherwise and prosecutors said the accused men, Jose Colon and Maximo Colon and two others, didn't do the crime. WCBS 2 reports, "In the 6 months it took to clear the Colon brothers names, they lost their business and their savings." The Post reports three of the four cops are under investigation and could face seven years in prison if convicted.
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