Anyone else here catching on to a trend ?

(Via Daily Caller) Police charged a New Jersey man with resisting arrest and assaulting an  officer, but recently revealed footage from a dashboard camera told a different  story: Not only did the officers start beating the man for no apparent reason,  but they actually crashed one of their vehicles into the man’s car.

Then they allegedly lied about what transpired and suppressed the evidence,  but were somehow found innocent during an internal investigation.

Prosecutors, however, dropped all charges against 30-year-old Marcus Jeter, a  black man, once they saw the incredible video footage, which fully corroborates  Jeter’s side of the story.

Jeter was not resisting in the slightest. And yet he was eventually charged  with eluding arrest, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer. Prosecutors  offered him a plea deal of 5 years in prison, according to Watchdog Wire.

Thankfully, local reporters were able to dig up the video footage–which  prosecutors claimed they had never seen. After watching it, they dropped all  charges against Jeter.

The officers involved are now facing various charges, including assault,  misconduct and tampering with evidence.

One of those officers, Orlando Trinidad, gave an interview on Wednesday in  which he claimed that his behavior toward Jeter is explained by the fact that he  didn’t know whether Jeter had a gun. Trinidad was scared for his life, he  said.

But Bloomfield Mayor Michael Venezia was  outraged, and said the police had clearly attempted a cover-up, according to the New York Daily  News.

Another disturbing detail–an internal affairs investigation conducted by the  Bloomfield police department found no wrongdoing on the part of the  officers.  (read more)