{"id":48132,"date":"2019-10-18T17:42:42","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/citizen-video-surfaces-of-nypd-officer-allegedly-planting-weed-on-suspect\/"},"modified":"2019-10-18T17:42:42","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T17:42:42","slug":"citizen-video-surfaces-of-nypd-officer-allegedly-planting-weed-on-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/citizen-video-surfaces-of-nypd-officer-allegedly-planting-weed-on-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizen Video Surfaces of NYPD Officer Allegedly Planting Weed on Suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Brooklyn man is suing the New York Police Department (NYPD), claiming that cops planted weed on his friend<\/u><\/a> to justify arresting both men for an alleged drug deal.<\/p>\n

The case began in May 2015, when Abdul Pullium met his cousin’s friend, Chaka Virgil, on a street in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The conversation between the two men was observed by two NYPD officers, NYPD Sergeant Madho and Officer Alexander, who were sitting in an unmarked vehicle nearby. The two cops claimed that they saw Virgil hand Pullium a pill bottle, and stopped Pullium for questioning before he could get into his car.<\/p>\n

Sergeant Madho claimed that she found a pill bottle containing almost an eighth of weed in Pullium’s cargo shorts after a search. The police arrested Pullium for cannabis possession, and then busted Virgil for allegedly selling him the weed. The two men were arraigned at Brooklyn Criminal Court the following day, where both pleaded not guilty to the charges.<\/p>\n

A phone video<\/u><\/a> recorded by a neighbor casts some doubt on the officers’ official narrative, however. In the video, Officer Alexander can be seen holding a plastic pill bottle behind her back. She can then be seen passing the bottle to Madho, who quickly tosses it into Pullium’s car through an open window. Both cops then look back at the camera, seemingly realizing that this chain of action was caught on video.<\/p>\n