INTERNATIONAL NEWS - A federal jury has found two Baltimore police officers guilty for their role in a sprawling police corruption case that involved robbing city residents.
Daniel Hersl and Marcus Taylor were convicted of racketeering and robbery charges and cleared of others.
They were part of an elite unit tasked with seizing illegal firearms. But instead the squad went rogue, stealing cash and guns and reselling drugs.
Thousands of cases could have been affected by the unit's corruption.
Baltimore Police Commissioner-Designate Darryl De Sousa issued a statement after the verdict, noting the trial uncovered "some of the most egregious and despicable acts ever perpetrated in law enforcement".
"Our job moving forward is to earn back the trust and respect of the community," he said, adding that it would "be a process".
Baltimore police have struggled to regain public trust after Freddie Gray, a young black man, died in police custody in 2015.
Baltimore police guilty of robbing citizens
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Posted on: 13:23 Tue, 13 February 2018
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