Quote:A DeKalb Superior Court judge set a $10,000 bond for Kendrick, who was given 24 hours to turn himself in to the DeKalb County Jail, authorities said.

Kendrick, 33, was booked into the jail Friday around 9:30 a.m., and released on bond just after 10:15 a.m., according to jail records.

If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison, prosecutors say.

In March 2013, Kendrick was placed on restrictive duty, which means he was off the streets, police said. He is now on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of an internal investigation, police said.

Prosecutors say Kendrick, a five-year DeKalb cop, wrongfully arrested Eleby on July 6, 2012, and charged him with marijuana possession even though the officer knew Eleby didn’t have drugs on him.

Eleby’s attorney says Kendrick was caught on videotape planting drugs on Eleby.

On July 6, 2012, Eleby stopped to talk to someone inside a black SUV parked at the Chevron gas station on North Hairston Road.

Police officers claimed they smelled marijuana and arrested the person in the vehicle, according to police reports obtained by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

Eleby’s attorney Mark Bullman said his client was detained and strip-searched, but no drugs were found.

Video of the incident obtained by Channel 2 Action News shows a female officer stand over Eleby and watch him while other officers search the SUV.

The video shows a male officer Bullman identified as Kendrick call the female officer over to the SUV. While she searches the vehicle, the video shows the male officer circle back to Eleby and toss marijuana next to him...

http://www.ajc.com/news/news/dekalb-cop-...itter_2014

Cop is clearly a racist.




Actually, that schit is awful and completely f#$%ed up. What ever the charge and time for this possession would be ought to be doubled for a cop planting it on someone. Sorry, that's a position of trust and exteme power. You done f@#$ed, cop. You done.

this is one of the few times i actually think we need mandatory sentencing requirements. anytime a cop plants evidence it should be automatic life in prison.

something like this just happened a year ago in upstate NY

Seems like we have more to fear from the police than the drug dealers
a lot of times.

This guy is gonna love prison as a former cop.

Wow. Throw away the key.

I don't know if he is racist because i don't know WHY he did it... maybe he stole his girlfriend or looks like the guy that did... or maybe the guy is just power-hungry and jealous. To me, it doesn't matter. What he did is an absolute abuse of power and a violation of ALL of our civil rights. It takes an obvious case, but when you have an obvious case... you throw away the key.

I actually don't like all of the labels we like to give things because that increases the number of ludicrous defenses that sometimes work.

He knew what he was doing was wrong... he did it anyway. Case closed. Only defense is PROOF that his boss made him do it in which case he is still guilty, though only slightly less so and now his BOSS gets the key thrown away.

The victim in this story and Ice Cube.

Separated at birth.