6 Officers Charged In Freddy Gray Death; 2nd Deg. Murder & Manslaughter

[Likely Voter]

RE: The knife
I guess it is possible the cops didn't know it was legal. My first thought was that the cops were probably using the knife as a pretext to get him down to the station and rattle him to try to get him to snitch. (FOX had an anonymous cop on who said Gray had snitched in the past http://www.mediaite.com/tv/friend-of-charged-cops-on-fox-freddie-gray-put-on-a-show-but-was-great-witness-for-us/ )

I did find an article from the Village Voice that noted how the NYPD has been arresting a lot of people for what should be legal knives but are applying NY law (which is similar to MD) very broadly.

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http://blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2015/04/freddie_grays_death_in_police.php

It's possible that the Baltimore PD (and maybe many others) are also misusing old knife laws to arrest people.

[t_host1]

 
 I think I just heard officers plea' will be delayed in wait of a grand jury finding. *PA admits charges where only to prevent more crimes against persons and property. Offers no charges against the thugs of crimes*.

*Radio version

[ag]

RE: The knife
I guess it is possible the cops didn't know it was legal.

In that case they should prosecute whoever certified they had been properly trained. And, of course, that implies that the bulk of the police command in Baltimore should have been fired yesterday.

[Sprouts Farmers Market ✘]

Beautiful news today! The rule of the mob cannot prevail. The most obviously innocent of those officers charged was cleared today by a judge.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/freddie-gray/bs-md-ci-nero-verdict-20160521-story.html

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

The Miller/Nero charges were the height of absurdity, and I'm glad justice prevailed (I can't imagine it won't for Miller as well). I just hope these fraudulent prosecutions don't taint the very valid prosecutions of Goodman and the rest.

[Green Line]

Caesar Goodson, the officer facing the most serious charges, has just been acquitted!  Hack Prosecutor Moseby is now 0 for 3 on convictions for the police officers.  Couldnt have happened to a worse lady, either. These rushed charges were a joke.

[MK]

This is a great day for America.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

Terrible decision on Goodson, but this is on the head of Marilyn Moseby, who should lose her job over this fiasco.

[SUSAN CRUSHBONE]

always sad to see people celebrating murderers getting away scot-free

[Ebsy]

Massive prosecutorial incompetence is evident.

[Maxwell]

always sad to see people celebrating murderers getting away scot-free

[Bojack Horseman]

Just like Rodney King: You can have the murder/attack on video and they always get away with it.

[LLR]

always sad to see people celebrating murderers getting away scot-free

[MK]

Just like Rodney King: You can have the murder/attack on video and they always get away with it.

What murder/attack are you referring to?       These were bogus charges that should have never been made to start with.  People like you who haven't been in those officers boots would never understand that anyway. 

The Gray family should have to give back that settlement money.   What a waste of tax payers money, liberal incompetence at its best.

[Stand With Israel. Crush Hamas]

The other prosecutions looked like non-starters from day 1, but I am extremely surprised that the driver was acquitted.

When multiple other prosecutions look like non-starters and the cases fall apart, people start to become skeptical of the whole incident. Unfortunate, but this is why prosecutors can't be allowed to go nuts and cater to the public. Every case needs to go through a carefully selected Grand Jury.

[Fuzzy Bear]

The other prosecutions looked like non-starters from day 1, but I am extremely surprised that the driver was acquitted.

When multiple other prosecutions look like non-starters and the cases fall apart, people start to become skeptical of the whole incident. Unfortunate, but this is why prosecutors can't be allowed to go nuts and cater to the public. Every case needs to go through a carefully selected Grand Jury.

If a Prosecutor goes forth with an indictment because of public pressure to produce an indictment, or because they, personally desire an indictment, but they know, going forward, that they will not be able to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt, the Governor of a State should (if he/she can) remove that Prosecutor from office, and the Bar Association of that state should investigate for the purpose of initiating discipline, up to and including disbarment.