William King and Antonio Murray
- William King and Antonio Murray
William A. King and Antonio L. Murray are two former Baltimore Police Department officers sentenced to a total of 454 years in prison after an FBI investigation in 2005. [ cite web | title="ANTONIO MOSBY SENTENCED FOR CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE HEROIN" | url=http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/md/Public-Affairs/press_releases/press06/Mosby%20Sentenced%20for%20Heroin%20Consp.html, United States Attorney's Office For The District of Maryland(September 15th, 2006) ] The conviction of King and Murray came about due to the Baltimore based Stop Snitchin' campaign in which the two officers were identified on the video tape for being involved in drug dealing. [ cite web | title="Former detective sentenced to more than 315 years" | url=http://www.examiner.com/a-152647~Former_detective_sentenced_to_more_than_315_years.html?setEdition=Phoenix, The Examiner (June 17th, 2006) ] Drug dealers testified that the two officers were involved in the use of robbery, extortion, and excessive force against various dealers as a means of reselling the drugs for profit on the street. [ cite web | title="Drug Cases In Jeopardy After Feds Indict Officers:Prosecutors Identify Officers Facing Corruption Charges As Witnesses" | url=http://www.wbaltv.com/news/4487780/detail.html, WBAL-TV (May 13th, 2005) ] The charges disgraced the troubled Baltimore Police Department with former police Commissioner Leonard Hamm claiming that "justice was served" and "People like William King have no place in the Baltimore City Police Department, and never will". [ cite web | title="Former detective sentenced to more than 315 years" | url=http://www.examiner.com/a-152647~Former_detective_sentenced_to_more_than_315_years.html?setEdition=Phoenix, The Examiner (June 17th, 2006) ]
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* [http://www.murraycampaign.advancementofjustice.com/index.html#Crime Antonio Murray Awareness Campaign]
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