Ex-Florida Cops Get Prison Time for Roles in Framing Black Teen

Two former Florida police officers convicted of helping their former police chief pin crimes on a black teenager to improve police crime-solving stats were sentenced to one year in jail Tuesday for their role in the scheme, The Miami Herald reports. Charlie Dayoub and Raul Fernandez had expected to avoid jail time by testifying against their former police chief, Raimundo Atesiano, who pleaded guilty last month to pressuring officers in the predominantly white town of Biscayne Park to frame black people for crimes in order to secure a perfect burglary clearance rate. Both Dayoub and Fernandez had earlier admitted to framing a 16-year-old in four burglaries in 2013 under the direction of Atesiano, but prosecutors had all but promised them a sentence without jail time if they would give evidence against Atesiano.