In police operations Ī frameup where a police officer shoots an unarmed suspect and then places a weapon near the body is a form of police misconduct known as a 'throw down'. Exposed, the plot swung public sympathy to the IWW. The man had received an unexplained payment from the largest of the employers. Later, the police revealed that the dynamite had been wrapped in a magazine addressed to the son of the former mayor. National media echoed an anti-union message. In Massachusetts, during the 1912 Lawrence Textile Strike, Massachusetts State Police officers acting on a tip discovered dynamite and blamed it on the Industrial Workers of the World union. Technique In labor disputes įrameups in labor disputes sometimes swing public opinion one way or the other. Frameups may use conspiracy theories to hide the true crimes of the accused. Some lawbreakers will try to claim they were framed as a defense strategy.

Motives include getting rid of political dissidents or 'correcting' what they see as the court's mistake. In other cases it is an attempt by law enforcement to get around due process. Generally, the person who is framing someone else is the actual perpetrator of the crime. While incriminating those who are innocent might be done out of sheer malice, framing is primarily used as a distraction. In British usage, to frame, or stitch up, is to maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone or set them up, in the sense trap or ensnare. In the United States criminal law, a frame-up ( frameup) or setup is the act of falsely implicating ( framing) someone in a crime by providing fabricated evidence or testimony.

Conspire synonym frame