http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crim...icle-1.2270122
Retired cop uses Twitter to accuse Baltimore police of brutality and corruption
Former Sgt. Michael Wood spent a decade with the Baltimore Police Department.
A retired Baltimore cop is blowing the whistle on police brutality and misconduct he allegedly witnessed during his decade on the force.
Former Sgt. Michael A. Wood Jr. listed his disturbing allegations in a Twitter firestorm Wednesday but stopped short of naming names or providing dates and locations.
"So here we go," the ex-detective and U.S. Marine, 35, wrote to his thousands of followers. "I'm going to start Tweeting the things I've seen & participated in, in policing that is corrupt, intentional or not."
The claims read like a blotter.
"A detective slapping a completely innocent female in the face for bumping into him, coming out of a corner chicken store," he said in his first example.
"Punting a handcuffed, face down, suspect in the face, after a foot chase. My handcuffs, not my boot or suspect," the officer who served from 2003 until an injury forced his retirement January 2014 said in his second.
A third tweet claimed fellow officers would turn video cameras away from any action as soon as a suspect was close to being caught.
"Pissing and sh---ing inside suspects homes during raids, on their beds and clothes," he claimed in one tweet that quickly racked up more than 880 re-tweets.
Wood claimed he also had knowledge of officers lying in court and "jacking up and illegally searching thousands of people with no legal justification."
He said he didn't remember "any particular person" who was searched illegally because it happened every day.
"I'm one person relying on a flawed memory system. This is an indictment on the culture of the profession, not a witch-hunt. Sorry," he tweeted.