The Caledonia Police Department in Wisconsin was under fire this weekend after a video went viral of a cop throwing a plastic bag in the backseat of a car they'd just pulled over Fox 32 reports. But follow-up video shows that cop's partner appearing to have retrieved the bag from a search conducted on one of the passengers. In the cellphone video released Saturday, police are seen pulling over two Black men. An officer is then seen throwing a plastic bag into the backseat of the vehicle during the Wednesday stop. Cop caught in 4K planting evidence pic.twitter.com/JquHZHS8DW — Ivan Ooze (@sivrajxx) July 24, 2021 In a statement, Caledonia Police Chief Christopher Botsch says the officers threw the bag in the car because it came from one of the men and was already empty. "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,” Botsch said in a statement on Facebook....
