Caledonia Police

White Wisconsin Officer Caught On Cell Phone Footage Allegedly Planting Drugs On Black Man, Police Releases Full Body Cam

Now, this is what’s wrong with America. If it wasn’t for cellphones, we may never know all the things crooked police do.

Cell phone footage captured a White Wisconsin officer tossing a bag of drugs in the man’s car during a traffic stop.

Apparently, the police department says there may be more to the story here, according to their Facebook post.

GlockBoy Savoo posted a video that’s since gone viral showing what appears to be a traffic stop in a car that Savoo is in and shows the eyebrow-raising moment.

The police officer in question works for the Caledonia Police Department in Wisconsin. He’s seen approaching the car and quickly tossing something into the back seat. The man, who appears to be Savoo, questions what it was, which is when the officer plays dumb.

A close-up shot of the bag looks like it’s drugs.

Savoo accuses the officer of planting drugs on him as a way to get probable cause to search the rest of the vehicle. His Facebook post reads, “First time ever seeing a cop try to throw sum on me just to get reason to search the car💯 he ain’t even know I was recording 💯 you can tell he was nervous 💯.”

Caledonia PD has another viewpoint.

They’re doing a thorough investigation to see if something was planted and pulling bodycam footage from dashcam video and testimony from the officer as well as others on the scene. This will take some time.

The Chief of Police, Christopher Botsch, also said, “Please keep in mind that the cell phone video that is circulating depicts only a small portion of the entire encounter; whereas, all available video may provide more context.” He adds, “The Caledonia Police Department believes strongly in transparency; therefore, all body-worn camera video will be made available within the coming days.”

Saturday night, the Chief of Police posted an update to their Facebook. The post contains the following script:

“On 07-21-21 at about 3:22pm, officers conducted a traffic stop for a vehicle traveling 63 mph in a 45 mph zone. The vehicle was occupied by a driver along with front and rear passengers. The driver was identified by her driver’s license. The front passenger lawfully declined to identify himself. The rear passengers were not wearing their seat-belts and were asked to identify themselves.

The driver and rear passengers were later removed from the vehicle. A subsequent search of one of the rear passengers produced an empty corner tear (corner of a plastic baggie) from a passenger’s pocket. The empty corner tear did NOT contain any illegal substance; however, this type of packaging is a common method for holding illegal drugs.

The empty corner tear was turned over by the searching officer to another officer who was on scene. That officer turned it over to the officer who is seen on video. Since there were NO DRUGS in the corner tear, the officers discarded the empty packaging material in the vehicle. This is what was observed in the video.

The front seat passenger tells the officer that his actions are on video, and the officer replies that he is also recording the incident. The officer acknowledges to the front seat passenger that he (officer) put the item there and explains that it was taken from one of the passengers and the officer did not want to “hold on to it.” Essentially, he appears to be discarding the empty baggie. While we would discourage officers from discarding items into a citizen’s vehicle, the video is clear that the officer is NOT planting evidence or doing anything illegal. Additionally, the empty corner tear is not itself illegal.

No arrests were made as a result of this incident. The only arrest/citation arising from this incident was a speeding citation issued to the driver.

While this is only a summary of the events, the origin of the empty corner tear and the circumstances under which it was placed in the vehicle are supported by body worn camera video.

Attached are two video clips (see comments for second video).
There are two separate clips because they are from different officer’s body worn cameras.

Since four officers were present on scene, the body worn camera footage and squad camera footage totals in excess of 6 hours of video. We are still in the process of reviewing the videos. All videos, in their entirety, will be released in the very near future.

Christopher Botsch
Chief of Police”

About Crystal Gross

Crystal joined BallerAlert in 2020 to renew her passion for writing. She is a Kentucky native who now lives in the heart of Atlanta. She enjoys reading, politics, traveling, and of course writing.

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