One APD Officer Among 10 Metro Area Officers Arrested for Protecting Drug Dealers
An APD officer from Zone 6, which includes East Atlanta, was among those arrested by the FBI on Tuesday morning as part of a police corruption investigation.
United States Attorney Sally Yates held a news conference Tuesday afternoon to inform citizens about 10 metro Atlanta officers who were arrested this morning for their alleged involvement in protecting presumed cocaine traffickers. According to U.S. Attorney Yates, the charges, "arose out of an ATF investigation of an Atlanta area street gang in August 2011." It was in 2011, she said, that "ATF agents learned from an individual associated with the gang that police officers were involved in protecting the gang’s criminal operations, including drug trafficking crimes." According to this cooperating individual, the officers—while wearing uniforms, driving police vehicles, or otherwise displaying badges—provided security to the gang members …
James Bond
7:49 am on Saturday, March 23, 2013
Where is the police union? Are they supporting these officers? Why are they silent? more ›