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bounty44 -> RE: Why they riot (5/8/2015 6:39:10 AM)
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lately ive heard a small handful of legal analysts (judges and lawyers) talk about how the state attorney in this case has woefully overcharged the police officers in question, as well as possibly wrongfully having them arrested in the first place.
but as to the former point (im taking these quotes out of the context of the article, but they nevertheless work in a stand alone fashion):
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According to Marketwatch.com, Baltimore comes in at seventh place on its list of the most dangerous cities in America, with a violent crime rate of 1,401 per 100,000 residents (figures are from 2013). And given the spectacle we’ve just witnessed in Baltimore, and the vulgar circus we’re likely to see as the six police officers accused in the death of Freddie Gray are prosecuted, and the near certainty that none of these officers will ever be convicted of anything, and the equally likely reaction that will follow the collapse of the prosecution’s case, do you suppose the Charm City will move to a higher or lower position on that list the next time it’s published?...
Six cops have been hauled in and charged in the death of Freddie Gray, all based on evidence that, as far as anyone knows, exists only in the imagination of State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby...
Mosby was heralded when she announced the charges against the six officers, but those charges, though they served the intended purpose of quelling the riot, have now come in for scrutiny as people awaken to the fact that she has presented scant evidence to support them.
Prominent among Mosby’s critics has been Page Croyder, a former prosecutor in the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office. Mosby’s decision to file hasty charges against the six officers, Croyder writes in her blog, “reflects inexperience, recklessness, political ambition, or all of the above.” Croyder appeared on CNN and made a compelling argument that Mosby had acted irresponsibly in bringing the charges as quickly as she did, a decision Mosby may come to regret when she fails to deliver what she has in effect promised the mob: guilty verdicts against the six accused police officers.
Read more: http://pjmedia.com/blog/back-to-normal-in-baltimore/#ixzz3ZYNlsPyp
imagine what will go on in the city if (when?) the prosecution fails to get what it is seemingly hoping for.
and some other disturbing things:
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On April 30, a man who claimed (credibly, in my opinion) to be a 21-year veteran of the Baltimore Police Department called in to WBAL radio and spoke with host Derek Hunter. The caller expressed his exasperation with the state of affairs in his department and his city, saying he wasn’t sure if he was going to report for his next assigned work shift.
He and his fellow cops were told to stand down, he said, as rioters looted and burned businesses and pelted officers with rocks, bricks, bottles, and anything else that could be picked up and thrown. “The moment it started,” he said “we could have ended it. They would not let us.” (The Daily Caller has the audio here.) He also said he was contemplating resigning from the Baltimore Police Department, and that many of his colleagues were considering it as well. “We’ve had enough. What [Mayor Stephanie Rawlings Blake] did to us is unspeakable. She needs to step down immediately.”
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I predict that by the time this carnival has run its course, not a single one of the officers will stand convicted of any of the charges brought, and that all six will prevail in the civil lawsuit against Mosby that will inevitably follow.
But in the meantime things are indeed “normal” in Baltimore, which means that morning commuters will sometimes find their route to work blocked by yellow tape as police process a murder scene. Enjoy it while you can, Baltimore. The riots haven’t ended, they’ve only been postponed.
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