City of Brotherly Love (?) as Philly narcotic cops busted by Feds for alleged shakedown, beatings and kidnappings of suspected perps.
Federal prosecutors set out to change that Wednesday, laying out a sprawling racketeering case against six of the unit's former members, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
Federal prosecutors charged the alleged bad cops ran wild – ignoring Miranda rights, reportedly victimizing their targets, holding them incommunicado and beating them -- supremely confident that no one dare squeal.
A 26-count indictment says that after years of suspected malfeasance, Officers Thomas Liciardello, Brian Reynolds, Michael Spicer, Perry Betts, Linwood Norman, and John Speiser may possibly be the dirtiest cops in Philadelphia’s long history.