Bodycam footage and additional cell phone footage obtained by The Intercept, exposes two New York Police Department ficials planting marijuana in a patron’s vehicle as they were conducting a search. This is the second time in a two-month span that NYPD ficers Kyle Erickson and Elmer Pastran have been caught on camera planting illegal substances in and on the property innocent civilians. This footage comes just days after a in Louisiana. 

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In the most recent footage blatant law enforcement corruption, Officers Erickson and Pastran pulled over a vehicle for allegedly having a broken a taillight. The passenger, Jason Serrano, and the driver, an unidentified young woman, rolled down their windows and argued that they couldn’t have been accused having a broken taillight being that the ficers were coming from the opposite direction and had to make a U-turn in order to obstruct them from reaching their destination. 

Instantaneously, the Staten Island ficers claimed that the vehicle “smelled like weed,” and asked if they could conduct a search. Serrano revealed that he was recovering from a stab wound and “could barely move,” exposing his surgery scar for the ficers to see. Eventually, the young man and his associate obliged allowing the ficers in the young woman’s car to search for , but that didn’t stop the ficers from forcing Serrano to the ground and handcuffing him after he, himself, refused to be searched. 

During the footage, ficer Erickson can be heard telling Pastran “We gotta find something,” as they illegally searched Serrano’s jacket. After unsuccessfully finding anything incriminating, Erickson can be seen placing a small amount cannabis near the vehicle’s cup holders on his bodycam footage before pretending to search other areas the car. The NYPD ficial then stated “I smell a little weed,” before reaching for the marijuana he just placed near the cup holders. 

The same chain events took place in Feb. 2018 arrest New York citizen, Lasou Kuyateh. Kuyateh spent a total two weeks in a New York state jail after bodycam footage ficer Erickson mysteriously shut f before discovering a marijuana cigarette in his car. In his testimony, the corrupt cop claimed his bodycam “malfunctioned”  due to a “technical difficulty” which later led to Kuyateh’s possession marijuana charges being dropped. 

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NYPD’s internal affairs department investigated the 2018 case and discovered that any accusations  misconduct by Erickson and Pastran are “unfounded.” Last year, Kuyateh filed a suit against the city New York for his wrongful arrest for $1 million. As for the fraudulent encounter, Jason Serrano and the unnamed young woman in the footage had to endure, there has yet to be a determination on whether or not the couple will take legal action against Erickson, Pastran, and the NYPD. 

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Check out the sickening footage the encounter in the video provided below.