Former Narcotics Detective Admits Drug Planting Common

Allison Kilkenney - Stephen Anderson, a former New York Police Department (NYPD) narcotics detective, recently testified that he regularly saw police plant drugs on innocent people as a way for officers to meet arrest quotas. While the news may shock many civilians, the custom is so well known among officers that it has a name: "flaking."

This practice has reportedly cost the city $1.2 million to settle cases of false arrests.  Read more.

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