Six Philadelphia police officers charged with shaking down drug dealers, using gangland tactics
August 2, 2014
By Maryclaire Dale Associated Press Six city narcotics officers used gangland tactics to shake down drug dealers, robbing them of large sums of cash and drugs for years, federal authorities charged in an indictment unsealed Wednesday. The officers once held a suspect over an 18th floor balcony and used a steel bar to beat someone…