Former Baltimore Cop Spills Beans About Heinous Police Misconduct and Disgusting Behavior
Retired Officer Michael Wood
A recently retired Baltimore police officer shared stories on Twitter Wednesday about some of the misconduct he says his fellow officers engaged in while he was with the department.
Michael Wood, an 11-year police veteran and former US Marine, says police illegally searched thousands of people, and engaged in disgusting acts, such as defecating on the beds and clothes of suspects.
Some of Wood’s tweets are available below:
So here we go. I’m going to start Tweeting the things I’ve seen & participated in, in policing that is corrupt, intentional or not.
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
A detective slapping a completely innocent female in the face for bumping into him, coming out of a corner chicken store.
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
Punting a handcuffed, face down, suspect in the face, after a foot chase. My handcuffs, not my boot or suspect
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
CCTV cameras turning as soon as a suspect is close to caught.
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
Pissing and shitting inside suspects homes during raids, on their beds and clothes.
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
Jacking up and illegally searching thousands of people with no legal justification
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
Summonsing officers who weren’t there so they could collect the overtime.
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
Targeting 16-24 year old black males essentially because we arrest them more, perpetrating the circle of arresting them more.
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
These things happen(ed), now how do we fix it? We need police. Let’s figure out how to do it right. The starting line is marked “Empathy”
— Michael A. Wood Jr. (@MichaelAWoodJr) June 24, 2015
Wood has promised to reveal more misdoings about police conduct in the future.
Commenting on the death of unarmed man Freddie Gray, who died from a spinal cord injury while in Baltimore police custody, Woods told the Secular News Network in a May interview that “BPD started the riots.” Wood also said Gray’s death shows a clear disparity in the way police treat black people and white people.
