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Bobby Shmurda’s time behind bars  has been riddled with bad news in what has so far been a losing battle for the young rapper. A judge denied Shmurda’s request to see disciplinary documents of the cops who arrested him in 2014, ruling  that there was not enough evidence.

Reports Bossip:

Manhattan Supreme Court Judge Abraham Clott denied Alex Spiro’s motion to obtain the personnel records and civilian complaint files for two detectives and one police officer who arrested Shmurda back in June 2014 in a Brooklyn apartment where guns were found.

[Shmurda’s lawyer Alex] Spiro said he requested the cops’ records because he said they’d show a pattern of misconduct that raised questions about their credibility and could potentially vindicate Shmurda. Spiro said the cops were the only witnesses in Shmurda’s gun arrest, and one officer confessed to lying about a drug deal in a separate case.

Spiro said the three officers had each been sued for misconduct including unlawful stop and search and false arrest, and the city settled some of the cases out of court, and a few are still pending.

“This isn’t just a singular encounter where one police officer is sued by one individual one time and the case is dismissed,” Spiro told the judge during a hearing March 15, according to transcripts obtained by BOSSIP.

“This is a rampant pattern that existed in this case and with these officers in other cases.”

According to TMZ, Spiro’s newly filed documents accused cops of racism, and targeting Shmurda because of his lyrics.

A lawyer for an officer identified in court papers as Sgt. Reale, noted that the recording artist, born Ackquille Pollard, never complained about the manner of his arrest. Furthermore, “There is no current allegation of misconduct against these police officers as to this case,” documents reportedly state.

Judge Clott also denied a request for Shmurda’s stop-and-frisk records to be released, as they too were deemed unrelated to the current charges of conspiracy and gang activity. Shmurda’s lawyer, had argued that his client was purposely targeted by cops in the stop-and-frisk incident, though nothing illegal was found on him.

Following his June 2014 arrest and release, Shmurda was arrested in December of that year. His bid to be freed on bail has been denied several times.

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