Rampart scandal

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The Rampart scandal was a police corruption scandal that unfolded in Los Angeles, California during the late 1990s and early 2000s. The scandal concerned widespread criminal activity within the Community Resources Against Street Hoodlums (CRASH) anti-gang unit of the Los Angeles Police Department's Rampart Division. More than 70 police officers were initially implicated in various forms of misconduct, including police brutality, planting of false evidence, theft, drug dealing, bank robbery, perjury and cover-ups thereof. Of the 70 officers implicated, enough evidence was uncovered to bring 58 before an internal administrative board and 24 were found to have committed wrongdoing with 12 given suspensions of various lengths, seven forced into resignation or retirement and five terminated. As a result of the falsified evidence and perjury by Rampart CRASH officers, 106 criminal convictions were overturned. The scandal resulted in more than 140 civil lawsuits against the City of Los Angeles...

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