Master Gohan

May 1 2015, 10:08 PM

I hope the rioters all get sentenced to some jail time as well.

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Baltimore Police Lt. Brian Rice, one of the officers charged with manslaughter in Freddie Gray’s death, was disciplined after first threatening to kill himself and then his ex-girlfriend’s husband, and had his guns confiscated twice, according to court documents.

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Gray was charged with carrying an illegal knife, but authorities have come to differing conclusions about it. Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby said in announcing charges against six officers that the knife was not an illegal switchblade under Maryland law. Baltimore police have said the knife violates city code.

A defense attorney for one of the officers has challenged the claim by prosecutors that Gray was falsely arrested and filed a motion demanding to inspect the knife.

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Marilyn Mosby, a young African-American lawyer who’s been on the job only a few months: That her own personal relationships, the speed at which she brought charges, and questions around allegations of false arrest, might fuel debate over weaknesses in the prosecution’s case.

Motions to dismiss are standard in legal proceedings. Nevertheless, there is at least a hairline crack in the prosecution’s case.

In fact, the most immediate concern for the government, says David Gray, a professor at the University of Maryland Law School, is whether Ms. Mosby’s contention that Freddie Gray’s arrest itself was illegal will hold up, given recent Supreme Court rulings allowing officers to make “reasonable mistakes of the law” when stopping someone.

To be sure, the false arrest allegations pale against the central murder and manslaughter charges. But the illegal imprisonment notion cuts to a key protester complaint: That Gray was targeted, arrested and ended up dead not for anything he had done wrong, but for who he was – a young black man from a rough part of town.

Gray sustained mortal neck injuries after being left unbuckled in the back of a police wagon. Arrested and injured on April 12, Gray died on April 19. Peaceful protests as well as riots ensued, tapping into simmering distrust between the police department and swaths of Baltimore’s black community, all while touching on disgruntlement in some parts of America around how police treat young black men walking the street.

The six officers in Baltimore (three of them white, three black) were arrested nearly two weeks after Gray’s death, and following protests and looting in parts of Baltimore that ended with injuries to nearly 100 officers, and dozens of cars and businesses set ablaze.

In their motion, the officers point to the tense security situation as the impetus for Mosby’s swift allegations. Her marriage to an outspoken city councilman, Nick Mosby, also undermines her case, the officers allege in their court motion. At the very least, the officers want the court to appoint a more independent prosecutor.

hellobooboo

May 11 2015, 09:58 AM

This is going off topic.

Couple weeks ago, we saw Carmello Anthany joining the protest. http://nypost.com/2015/04/30/carmelo-anthony-joins-protesters-in-hometown-of-baltimore/

What is your view on black athletics that don't participate in this?

Ssj3vegito96

Apr 29 2015, 08:10 PM

They're acting like apes. Freddie Gray was a scumbag look at his f***ing record. These people are just looking for a reason break stuff

The guys family asked for peace. Then these f***tards go and destroy the city risking injuring and killing people

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Unlike most criminal cases involving homicides — where someone is charged with shooting, hitting, stabbing or choking a victim — the one headed for trial in Baltimore in October involves an unusual and complicated concept: homicide “through acts of omission,” to quote the medical examiner in Maryland who performed Gray’s autopsy, according to a report obtained by the Baltimore Sun last week before it became public.

The medical examiner concluded that Gray, without a seat belt and handcuffed in the back of a police van, lurched when the van sped up or turned, striking his head and suffering a fatal neck injury. When Gray, 25, repeatedly asked for help, authorities said, he was ignored.

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Shackled at his feet, handcuffed behind his back and slid belly down into the van after his arrest, Gray may have been able to stand but unable to brace himself, the medical examiner concluded. He was thrown into a wall when the van suddenly sped up, slowed down or abruptly changed direction, according to the report. The medical examiner said that could have caused him to suffer a “high energy injury” — similar to an injury from a shallow water dive — that severely damaged his spinal cord.

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Gray was arrested after he spotted officers and ran from a corner in West Baltimore. Prosecutors and officers disagree on the legality of the chase and over the legality of a spring-loaded knife found in Gray’s pocket after he was caught. Video shows officers dragging a seemingly limp Gray into a transport van.

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Goodson faces the most serious charges­ — second-degree ­depraved-heart murder, involuntary manslaughter and assault, among other counts. Porter, Rice and White each face involuntary manslaughter and other charges. Nero and Miller face charges that include assault. All six also are charged with misconduct in office.

Hurry My Curry

Jun 28 2015, 01:23 AM

Isolated instances. It's a shame what happened but the entire police force shouldn't be judged based on the actions of six bad cops.

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Defense attorneys for the six police officers accused of killing Freddie Gray in Baltimore earlier this summer have filed a motion claiming that prosecutors tried to steer the investigation away from Gray's history of faking injuries while in law enforcement settings in order to collect settlements.

Read more: http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/08/bombshell_dropped_in_freddie_gray_investigation.html#ixzz3iRaFWGkV
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