Cops, You Know, a Great Opportunity to Skim Off the Tob

Dorothy Brown: Cops used to skim off the money from drug arrests. She says they'd give it to other cops in their unit, and then take a cut themselves. Police would use battering rams on people's homes if they suspected drugs were being held at an apartment block or something like that. This culture of corruption was spread by police departments across the U.S., she says.Brown: It became normalized for all these cops just to Like, skim off,. you know, 20 grand here, a 30 grand there.